Examination of the Blood in Surgery (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Name: Examination of the Blood in Surgery (Classic Reprint)
Author: Keen, William Williams
ISBN: 9780366537495

Keen, William Williams

9780366537495: Examination of the Blood in Surgery (Classic Reprint)

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Those who are optimistic and enthusiastic as to the results from exa mination of the blood, who possess what Tuffier has well described as a (c robust faith and speak sometimes of the exact nature of leuco cytosis and again as to the value of the leucocyte-count in surgery, that the question is no longer sub judice n, are quite as much in error in my opinion as those who are so pessimistic regarding the value of hematological investigations as practically to place no dependence upon them.

My own feeling is that many and possibly all of the many different examinations of the blood and its components are either of definite value or before long will become so. Upon some we can depend as vet but little. In fact, as to some, our knowledge is still crude and imper fect. Upon others we can depend more,_ but must accept their conclu sions with caution, and if they are in contradiction with the results from other well-established long-known methods of investigation, our skepticism should be increased that others are assuming a definite positive value; but that no one of the results of hematology has yet won such an assured position of certainty that we can always depend upon it for diagnosis, prognosis, and especially for treatment when a human life is at stake.

Hematology is fighting its way to the front. 'in Spite of its very recentappearance on the field of diagnosis and prognosis, it has won impor tant victories and to a certain extent has established its position. All our efforts should be bent not toward discouraging such researches by rejecting them as useless, but toward giving every facility for the further prosecution of the work, being well-assured that as time goes on most of these methods of investigation will give us more and more positive and reliable aid, while probably a few will have to be discarded as useless and may even be misleading. My message, therefore, is one of hope and encouragement rather than a record of unquestioned reliable achievement.

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