The histology of the blood in the insane / by W. Lauder Lindsay.

  • William Lauder Lindsay
Date:
[1854]
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The histology of the blood in the insane / by W. Lauder Lindsay. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

    19/21 page 18
    Table V. Cases illustrative of alteratiou of the blooJ-corpiiscles, in connexion with Physical Disease, iu the Sane. Sax. Age. Physical Condition. Condition of Blood-corpuscles. M. F. 40 30 45 Ansetnia, sallow, emaciated. Phthisis, menorrhagia, leucorrlioea, chronic hepatitis, anjemia, debility, and emaciation. Dyspepsia, menstrual irregularities, angemia. Dyspepsia, leucorrhoea, anaemia. White—increased, jj It >> » Table VI. Cases illustrative of alteration of the blood-corpuscles, without the presence of marked Physical Disease, in the Sane. Sex. ^Age. 1 Physical Condition. Alteration of Blood-corpuscles. M. 35 Robust health. Red—altered in shape. 30 Healthy, but of delicate buUd. White—increased, indistinct. Red—granular, margin in-egular. 25 ,, florid complexion. White—increased, small, margin smooth. 30 Occasional rheumatism. Red—sUghtly altered in shape. 45 Good health. Red—granular, margin irregular. 60 Occasional influenza. White—increased, dark, granular, distinct. 40 SUght dyspepsia, cutaneous eruptions. White—increased. F. 28 Robust health. Red—altered in shape and colour. 35 Healthy, but occasionally intem- >> >> >> perate. a. Eed corpuscles — granular, dark; havine a slightly irregular margin. b. Red corpuscles—non-granular; ser- rated margin; some of them dark, others light-coloured. c. Eed corpuscles — besides having above characters, assuming an elongated or fusiform shape. d. Eed corpuscles—seen in profile; collapsed or altered in various degrees. e. Eed corpuscles—having a more or less jierfect double contour. f. Red corpuscles—light coloured and pellucid—the supposed effete globules of some authors. g. Eed corpuscles—alterationsinshape, produced by endosmotic and exosmotdc changes. h. Eed corpuscles—adhering in rou- leaux. m. White corpuscles—various sizes; presenting various degrees of granularity and opacity. I. White corpuscles—reaction of acetic acid; showing the development of a very granular, distinct, single nucleus. i. White corpuscles—reaction of acetic MaONIFIED 380 DiAMETEBS. of the red discs, are here evident. Murra/a Asylum, Perth, Deo. 1854.
    digitised image 1
    digitised image 2
    digitised image 3