TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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List of Illustrations xiii 



Introduction xv 



CHAPTER I 



methods of examination 



Procuring blood 1 



Counting the red corpuscles 2 



Counting the leucocytes 8 



Counting the blood plates 9 



Estimation of the amount of hemoglobin 11 



Tallqvist's hemoglobin scale 11 



Gower's hemoglobinometer 12 



Dare's hemoglobinometer 13 



Fleischl-Miescher hemometer 15 



Histological examination 16 



In the fresh condition 16 



In fixed and stained preparations 17 



Differential counting of leucocytes 21 



Test for glycogen 22 



Test for fat 23 



The total volume of blood and its oxygen capacity 23 



The relative volume of corpuscles and of plasma 24 



The specific gravity 25 



The time of coagulation 25 



Test for specific agglutinins or precipitins 26 



Bacteriological examination of blood 26 



References 27 



Partial list of text-books on hematology 27 



CHAPTER II 

 morphology of the formed elements 



Red corpuscles 29 



Leucocytes 30 



Degenerative changes in leucocytes 35 



Blood plates 36 



Thrombocytes 36 



Blood dust 37 



References 38 



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