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ses, as first counted, they number 11.7 per cent.; in one of our 

 series (26 cases) they number 13.5 per cent., and in another of our 

 series (22 cases) they number 14.05 per cent. It should be under- 

 stood that the large mononuclear leucocytes do not constitute a 

 homogenous group. They include, in an ordinary cancer case, not 

 only large lymphocytes and normal large monocytes (the macro- 



TABLE IV ORIGINAL CASES 

 THH BLOOD COUNT m 26 UNTREATED CASES OP INOPERABLE CANCER 



The above 26 blood counts of cases of inoperable cancer constitute a fairly representative 

 group, presented here together because they chance to be cases in which only a single blood 

 count was made. They are otherwise unselected. The averages of this group may advanta- 

 geously be compared with those of a second group of untreated cases detailed in Table VI. A 

 combination of these charts gives the averages for 48 untreated cases of inoperable cancer. 

 For purposes of comparison, the averages of the 29 cases of Price Jones and the 22 cases of 

 bone metastnses reported by various investigators are also presented. It will be seen that 

 there is dose general agreement. The relatively low red corpuscle count in the bone cases may 

 perhaps be due in part to direct involvement of the marrow. The Price Jones cases were 

 hospital cases. The original cases were ambulatory, although late stage inoperables. Thus 

 we have a fairly representative group of 99 cases, and, in so far as any generalizations are 

 justified from so small a number, we may take the grand average as suggesting a typical blood 

 picture in advanced stages of the cancerous condition. 



phages of Metchnikoff), but myeloctyes (neutrophile, eosinophile, 

 and occasionally basophile), leucoblasts, and lymphoidocytes. 

 For the moment, however, it will be convenient to group all of 

 these together, in consideration of their probable similarity of 

 origin, and their obvious similarity of structure, 



