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PREFACE CHAPTER I: EFFECTS OF BONY LESIONS CHAPTER II: ERYTHROCYTES AND HEMOGLOBIN CHAPTER III: LEUCOCYTES; GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
CHAPTER V: BLOOD PLASMA, PLATELETS AND FIBRIN CHAPTER VI: DEVELOPMENTAL RELATIONS CHAPTER VII: PRIMARY ANEMIAS CHAPTER VIII: SECONDARY ANEMIAS AND POLYCYTHEMIAS CHAPTER IX: PARASITIC AND SPLENIC ANEMIAS CHAPTER X: LEUKEMIAS AND RELATED DISEASES CHAPTER XI: RESUME OF SIGNIFICANCE OF CHANGES IN THE BLOOD CELLS CHAPTER XII: TECHNIQUE OF BLOOD-CELL EXAMINATIONS PLATES
PREFACE TO THE FOURTH VOLUME This group of books is devoted to the discussion of such subjects as seem to be of especial significance in osteopathic diagnosis and therapy. The importance of a good circulation of good blood in the preservation of health and in recovery after injury has been emphasized from the first teachings of Dr. A. T. Still to the present time. Since Harvey first proved the circulation of the blood there has been a constantly increasing appreciation of the importance of this fluid in physiological economy. More definite knowledge of the cells of the blood during normal and abnormal conditions is, therefore, greatly to be desired. Very early in these studies it became evident that the problems presented by the changes in the blood cells under abnormal conditions are associated with various ontogenetic and phylogenetic problems of the blood cells. The cells of the blood of human subjects through embryological, fetal, immature, adult and senile periods were studied and were compared with the cells of the blood under various abnormal conditions of the human race. Similar studies were made of the blood cells of fetal, immature, adult and senile rabbits, white rats, cats, dogs and guinea pigs, and these findings compared with those secured by human studies. The studies made for animals were normal when this was desired, but the studies made for human embryos and fetuses were, of course, nearly always somewhat abnormal in some respect. Studies were made of the cells of the blood of all the other common genera of domestic, laboratory and wild animals of Southern California and in many cases several periods of life were studied for these animals. During the years from 1903-1914 the blood cells of patients in the clinics of The Pacific College of Osteopathy were examined as a part of their routine examinations. During these years specimens of normal human blood and of various laboratory animals were studied in the laboratories of that college as a part of the educational program. During the years 1914-1930 the cells of the blood of patients examined in the clinical laboratories of The A. T. Still Research Institute have been subjected to careful study and the animals in the experimental laboratories of the Institute have had blood examinations at various periods of life and during the progress of the abnormal conditions associated with various bony lesions. More than twenty-six thousand records of these findings have been studied in the preparation of this book. In all this work the greatest emphasis has been placed upon osteopathic relations. Very much work remains to be done before the problems presented by the variations in the structure of the blood cells can be solved, but this report is made at this time because much of the information secured has a useful place in the osteopathic sciences. This work has been made possible only by the cordial cooperation and support of the Trustees and the staff of The A. T. Still Research Institute and of The Pacific College of Osteopathy, and by the helpfulness of many osteopathic practitioners in Chicago and Los Angeles. The facilities offered by the Bondies Sanitarium, in South Pasadena, have been especially valuable in securing blood specimens from patients under controlled conditions. Much of this work has been possible only because of gifts of money from the Osteopathic Women’s National Association, the California Osteopathic Association, the Women’s Osteopathic Club of Los Angeles, the Delta Omega Sorority and the constant generosity of the American Osteopathic Association. LOUISA BURNS, Dean |