Artificial lymphocytosis in tuberculosis / Gerald Bertram Webb, Wm. Whitridge Williams, A.F. Basinger.

  • Webb, Gerald B. (Gerald Bertram), 1871-1948.
Date:
[1910?]
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Credit: Artificial lymphocytosis in tuberculosis / Gerald Bertram Webb, Wm. Whitridge Williams, A.F. Basinger. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    originate the increase of the lymphocytes, namely, marrow hyperplasia, as shown by Zimtz.® Josu^'* shows that in localized experimental tuberculosis in rabbits the bone-marrow responds to infection by a very intense proliferation of the Explanation of Chart I. Total leukocytes per c.mm. Total polymorphonuclears per c.mm. Total mononuclears per c.mm Largejymphocytes per c.mm. mononuclear leukocytes, and also that the subcutaneous injection of tubercu- lin whl bring about similar marrow activity. He states that a comparable phenomenon occurs in man. It can, there- fore, be considered that by removing a suitable tuberculous invalid to an