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Vol. XIL 



TRENTON, N. J., MARCH, 1892. 



No. 3. 



ORIGIMAL 

 C^AnVMICATlonS 



THE ESOTERIC BEAUTY AND UTILITY OF THE 

 MICROSCOPE.— III.* 



THE MORPHOLOGY OF RHEUMATIC BLOOD. 

 EPHRAIM CUTTER, M. D., LL. D, 



INTRODUCTION.— It is not intended to make this paper 

 exhaustive, but to point out the prominent features. This 

 corroborates the Salisbury paper in the Am. Jour. Med. Sci., 

 Phila., Oct., 1867. 



Examination immediate, not mediate. — 1. Collection. Speci- 

 mens must be removed from blood stream as quickl}- as possible. 

 The patient should be present and the blood should be examined 

 directly, with no loss of time. This is particularly insisted on, 

 as there is a general impression that blood can be collected by 

 anyone and kept almost any time before examination. Mistakes 

 have come from this misapprehension. 2. Kind of blood col- 



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