This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ...course of the disease was not materially altered. That splenectomy alone might offer help seemed probable from the work of Robertson, who found, in cases studied by himself, that the rate and degree of haemolysis in pernicious anaemia underwent a constant and marked decrease after removal of the organ. ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ...course of the disease was not materially altered. That splenectomy alone might offer help seemed probable from the work of Robertson, who found, in cases studied by himself, that the rate and degree of haemolysis in pernicious anaemia underwent a constant and marked decrease after removal of the organ. Largely owing to the work of W. J. Mayo and his most able band of colleagues, and of N. M. Percy, a wider view of the necessities of these cases was taken, with a great improvement in results. The anaemic condition of the patients was improved by transfusion of whole blood; and foci of infection, possibly 'primary', but certainly co-existent, in the mouth or accessory sinuses, or in organs laid bare by the abdominal operation, were removed. The purpose of the extended operations consisted, as Percy said, of three main factors: (1) An attempt to stimulate the production of new blood by massive 'step-ladder' transfusions of whole blood; (2) An attempt to overcome the absorption of haemolytic bacteria or their toxins by the radical removal of local foci of infection; and (3) An attempt to protect the newly-formed and older red cells by removing the spleen. Each of these steps is important. The 'step-ladder' transfusions bring about an elevation, step by step, of the quality of the patient's blood in respect of red cells, haemoglobin content, etc.; they supply blood which is not only useful in itself, but acts also in a manner stimulating and nourishing to the bone-marrow, encouraging it to still further efforts. The eradication of active foci of infection relieves the patient of a chronic toxaemia which is possibly an etiological factor. The removal of the spleen reduces the abnormal amount of blood...
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