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On the analysis of the blood and urine, in health and disease and on the treatment of urinary diseases / [George Owen Rees].

  • George Owen Rees
Date:
1845
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: On the analysis of the blood and urine, in health and disease and on the treatment of urinary diseases / [George Owen Rees]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Blood in simple continued Fever. Andral and Gavarret have shown that in this disease we generally have a slight increase in the proportion of the fibrin of the blood, and a decrease in that of the corpuscles. When inflammatory complications occur in the course of this disease, however, we find the fibrin increasing very greatly indeed, while the corpuscles decrease to the pro- portion observed in inflammatory affections generally. In three analyses made by Becquerel and Rodier, the albumen and fibrin of the blood from a case of continued fever were in healthy proportion, while the corpuscles were slightly above the average weight in health. Blood in intermittent Fever. Andral and Gavarret have examined the blood in ague, and found an excess of fibrin and decrease of the proportion of the corpuscles. No difference was observed in the blood whether drawn during the hot or cold stages, or during the remissions. Blood in Scarlatina. Andral and Gavarret give the three following analyses of the blood in this disease :— Water. Fibrin. Corpuscles. Solids of Serum. 761°5 3°] 146:°0 89°4 776°3 3°5 136°1 84°] 798°3 6°8 122 82:7 Blood in Apoplexy. Andral and Gavarret state that in the greater number of cases of cerebral apoplexy, the proportion of fibrin in the patient’s blood is deficient, and the corpuscles in excess. The following is the mean of twenty-one analyses made by Andral and Gavarret of blood taken from patients suf-