A guide to the clinical examination of the blood for diagnostic purposes / by Richard C. Cabot.

Date:
1897
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Credit: A guide to the clinical examination of the blood for diagnostic purposes / by Richard C. Cabot. 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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    TABLE OF C0NTS:NTS. BOOK I. Introduction. Paget Scope and Value of Blood Examination, PAKT I. Methods of Clinical Examination of the Blood. CHAPTER I. Examination op the Fresh Blood .5 (a) Puncturing, 5 (&) Spreading the Blood, 7 (e) Prevention of Cell Death, 8 (d) Knowledge to be Gained from Fresh Blood, .... 8 CHAPTER II. Counting the Corpuscles 10 (а) Sucking Up the Blood 10 (б) Diluting the Blood, 11 (c) Adjusting the Diluted Blood in the Counting Chamber, . 13 (d) Counting the Red Corpuscles 14 (e) Counting the White Corpuscles, ...... 17 (/) Counting both Red and White Corpuscles wdth One Pipette, . 18 CHAPTER III. Centripugalizing the Blood — Ha:moglobin Estimation—Specific Gravity—Stained Specimens—Bacteriological Examina- tion, 21 1. Daland’s Haematocrit, Its Objects 21 Use of the Haematocrit, ........ 22 2. Use of V. FleischPs Haemometer, 26 Necessary Errors in Its Use, 20