Clinical Bacteriology and Haematology for Practitioners (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Clinical Bacteriology and Haematology for Practitioners In making such alterations as seemed called for in the preparation of this edition, an attempt has been made to avoid as far as possible any further expansion. It has been thought, however' that a brief account of the methods of preparing bacterial vaccines should be inserted: not that the practitioner should necessarily make them for himself, but so that he may have a general idea of the process. Of the other changes made, the main are an account of making cultures of the blood by the use of an all-glass exploring syringe, fuller details concerning lumbar puncture, the diagnostic value of this operation in urćmia, and the use of a Dewar's flask as an incubator. Some of the coloured plates have been redrawn, and Figs. 31, 34, and 45 (for which I have to thank Mr. R. Gompertz) added. My thanks are also due to Dr. H. B. Day for Figs. 16, 17, and 26, and to Messrs. Down Bros, for Fig. 30. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.