Anaemia / by J.H. Bryant.

  • Bryant, John Henry.
Date:
1901
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Credit: Anaemia / by J.H. Bryant. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Small lymphocytes Large lymphocytes Polymorphonuclear cells Eosinophiles Myelocytes A physical examination 15 per cent. 5 77 2 ?1 of the abdomen •revealed a large tumour on the left side which presented the characteristic features of an en- larged kidney and which I considered to be carcinomatous. Subsequent events show that the tumour is most probably a carcinoma of the •colon. The anaemia produced by direct losses of blood may possibly simulate pernicious anaemia. Mr. Steward and I have an interesting case of this nature in Bright ward at the present time. He is a man, aet. 32, and was sent to me on account of his anaemia, dyspnoea and palpita- tion. He was very pale indeed and looked as if he was suffering from pernicious auaemia. The .blood examination was as follows— Bed blood corpuscles Haemoglobin White blood corpuscles ... Small lymphocytes Large lymphocytes ... Polymorphonuclear cells Eosinophiles ... Myelocytes The large number of leucocytes was probably •due to a digestion leucocytosis, and the anaemia . . 2,950,000 22 per cent. 12.187 12 per cent. 9 71 7 ?1