Charcot's crystals in sputum containing a croupous cast (card specimen) ; Charcot's crystals in an alcoholic extract of a liver in a state of acute atrophy (yellow and red) (card specimen) ; Charcot's crystals in fæces (card specimen) / by Sheridan Delépine.

  • Auguste Sheridan Delépine
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[1891]
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Credit: Charcot's crystals in sputum containing a croupous cast (card specimen) ; Charcot's crystals in an alcoholic extract of a liver in a state of acute atrophy (yellow and red) (card specimen) ; Charcot's crystals in fæces (card specimen) / by Sheridan Delépine. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Reprinted from the ' Transactions of the Pathological Society of London,' 1891. Charcofs crystals in sputum containing a croupous cast. {Card specimen.) By Sheridan Del^pine, M.B., B.Sc. [With Plate XI.] 1\T0T having been able to ascertain the nature of the case from -L1 which this specimen was obtained, I simply show the pre- paration for comparison with the others. The sputam had been sent to me for the purpose of finding tubercle bacilli in it, and from that I suppose the case was not typically one of asthma. Products in which Charcot's crystals have been observed.—Leucaemic spleen (Charcot and Eobin), 1853. Leucaemic blood (Charcot and Yulpian). Hepatic blood in a case of anaemia (Wagner). Dried human semen (Boettcher), Bone marrow in leucaemia (Neumann). Expectorations in asthma (Leyden, Ungar, Cursch- mann). Expectorations of phthisical patients (Ungar, Fraentzel). Expectorations in bronchial catarrh (Bizzozero and Firket). Tumour of optic nerve (Foerster). Sarcoma (Zenker). Carcinoma (Firket). Prostatic fluid (Fuerbinger). Intestinal contents, &c. January 20th, 1891. Char CO f s crystals in an alcoholic extract of a liver in a state of acute atrophy {yellow and red). {Card specimen.) By Sheridan Del^pine, M.B., B.Sc. [With Plate XI.] rTHESE specimens gradually formed in an alcoholic extract of the J- liver. The liver had been kept in the spirit for about two years when these crystals were first noticed, and as the vessel was not tightly closed a certain amount of evaporation had taken