TY  - JOUR
T1  - THe blood in pneumonia.
AU  - STENGEL A
Y1  - 1899/08/19
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1899.92450600004001a
JO  - Journal of the American Medical Association
SP  - 438
EP  - 438
VL  - XXXIII
IS  - 8
N2  - In discussing this aspect of the question before the Section I shall address myself only to the clinical examinations of the blood possible to the general practitioner. The bacteriologist has been able to isolate the pneumococcus from the blood of pneumonic cases, especially such as are complicated by secondary infectious foci; but this can only be accomplished by skilled investigators and in clinical laboratories. Similarly, the determination of the amount of fibrin in the blood is a matter that must be left to proficient chemists. The French have taught that the quantity of fibrin may be determined by a study of the reticulum formed under a coverglass. This teaching is certainly very far from accurate. Even if the method were reliable, the quantity of fibrin in the blood is of little practical importance. The recent studies of Pfeiffer and others have shown that there is a notably increased amount of fibrin in the blood in leucocytosis, but
SN  - 0002-9955
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1899.92450600004001a
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1899.92450600004001a
ER  -