Diseases of infancy and childhood

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Section of uvula with diphtheria Identifier: diseasesofinfan00fisc (find matches)
Title: Diseases of infancy and childhood
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Fischer, Louis, 1864- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Children
Publisher: Philadelphia, F. A. Davis company (etc., etc.)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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a Bacillus . .Streptococcus . 6 per cent20 2.5 •1.5 20 per cent.30 4 2 5 12 per cent.27 3 1.5 19 percent. 28 Staphylococcus Aureus .Pneumococcus . . 8 5 The Blood.—John S. Billings, Jr.,^ says:— 1. The red corpuscles of the blood in diphtheria undergo a diminu-tion in number in cases of moderate severity and in severe cases. Eegen-eration is slow. 2. The leucocytes are increased in numbers in all but two classes ofcases, exceptionally mild cases and exceptionally severe ones. As a rule,the amount of leucocytosis is directly proportionate to the degree of severityof the case. The leucocyte-curve shows no correspondence to the clinicalcourse of the disease. The number of leucocytes often remains higher thannormal for days after all inflammation has disappeared. The leucocytosisis similar in character to that seen in pneumonia and scarlet fever, theincrease of the leucocytes being in the so-called polynuclear forms. Annual Eeport, Health Department, 1897. BIPllTniOKIA. 509 ^^^^^l^l
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