Sternal Puncture (eBook)

Front Cover 1
Sternal Puncture: A Method of Clinical and Cytological Investigation 4
Copyright Page 5
Table of Contents 10
FOREWORD T O THE FIRST EDITION 6
PREFACE 8
LIST OF PLATES 12
INTRODUCTION 14
CHAPTER I.THE MYELOGRAM 16
Haemohistioblast 22
Myeloblast 23
Premyelocyte 23
Myelocytes 24
Polymorphonuclears 24
Lymphocytes 25
Monocytes 25
Plasma Cells 25
Megakaryocytes 26
Red Cells 26
The Normoblastic Series 26
The Megaloblastic Series 27
The Normal Myelogram 27
CHAPTER II. THE MARROW IN LEUKEMIA 34
Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia (Chronic Leukaemic Myelosis) 34
Chronic Lymphatic Leukaemia (Chronic Lymphadenosis) 39
Chronic Aleukaemic Lymphatic Leukaemia 42
CHAPTER III. LEUKÆMOID REACTIONS 47
CHAPTER IV. NEOPLASTIC AND ALLIED CONDITIONS OF THE BONE MARROW 48
Myeloma 48
Reticule-Endotheliosis 51
Metastatic Tumours 54
CHAPTER V. THE ..Æ...S 56
Haemorrhagic Anaemia 57
Haemolytic Anaemia 59
Toxic Anaemias 64
Dyshs Bmopoietic Anæmias 64
CHAPTER VI. ERYTHREMIA AND ALLIED STATES 77
CHAPTER VII. INFECTIVE DISEASES 79
Scarlatina 80
German Measles 80
Pneumonia 80
Glandular Fever 80
CHAPTER VIII. HHYPOPLASIA AND APLASIA OF THE BONE MARROW 82
Agranulocytosis 87
Essential Thrombocytopenia 91
CHAPTER IX. SOME PROTOZOAL DISEASES 93
Kala Azar 93
Malaria 97
CHAPTER .. THE TECHNIQUE OF STERNAL PUNCTURE 98
Anatomy 98
Technique of Sternal Puncture 98
Vital Staining 101
Dark Ground Illumination 101
Cell Propagation. Mitosis. 106
BIBLIOGRAPHY 110
INDEX 111