A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis

Preliminary Considerations.--The urine is an aqueous solution of various organic and inorganic substances. It is probably both a secretion and an excretion. Most of the substanc...

Preliminary Considerations.--The blood consists of a fluid of complicated and variable composition, the plasma, in which are suspended great numbers of microscopic structures: v...

Pus contains much granular débris and numerous more or less degenerated cells, the great majority being polymorphonuclear leukocytes--so-called "pus-corpuscles." Eosinophilic le...

Laboratory methods may be applied to the diagnosis of stomach disorders in: I. Examination of the gastric contents removed with the stomach-tube. II. Certain other examinations...

Preliminary Considerations.--The morning sputum or the whole amount for twenty-four hours should be collected for examination. In beginning tuberculosis tubercle bacilli can oft...

Animal parasites are common in all countries, but are especially abundant in the tropics, where almost every native is host for one or more varieties. Because of our growing int...

As commonly practised, an examination of the feces is limited to a search for intestinal parasites or their ova. Much of value can, however, be learned from other simple examina...

Miscellaneous Examinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261 Pus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261 Peritoneal, Pleural, and Pericardial Flu...

The Blood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Hemoglobin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Enumeration of Erythrocytes . . . . . ....

The Stomach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Examination of the Gastric Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Obtaining the Contents . . . . . . . ....

The Urine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Physical Examination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Chemic Examination . . . . . . . . . . . ....