Clinical diagnosis : a practical handbook of chemical and microscopical methods / W.G. Aitchison Robertson.

  • Robertson W. G. Aitchison (William George Aitchison)
Date:
1896
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Credit: Clinical diagnosis : a practical handbook of chemical and microscopical methods / W.G. Aitchison Robertson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    (b) Viscid. Greenish yellow. Muco-purulent. Tubercular Ulcer of Nose—Characters as in Chronic Rhinitis. Mount and stain cover glass pre- parations for tubercle bacilli (p. 17). SPUTUM. The whole amount expectorated during the twenty- four hours should be collected ; placed in a glass vessel, and the following characters noted :— 1. Amount—Varies greatly—up to' several pints daily. Scanty secretion. Early stage of bronchitis. Pneumonia. Profuse secretion. Bronchitis. Bronchorrhoea (several pints). Phthisis. Abscess of lung. Empyema. Bronchiectasis. 2. Reaction—Always alkaline. 3. Viscosity—Depends on amount of mucus present. Highly viscous. Early stage of bronchitis. Pneumonia.