Red Blood Cell Diameters.
JAMA · 1933
Much of the recent progress in the study of anemia and grouping for therapeutic purposes has followed advances in the scientific development of hemocytometry. The data obtained by measuring the red cell diameter in certain types of anemia are now used for diagnosis and in following the course of therapy. The author has been one of the most active contributors in this field and is particularly well qualified to present the subject. He has given a concise and scholarly summary. The introduction is concerned with a historical review of the scientific study of the erythrocyte and its measurement. The technic of hemocytometry is fully described and the normal, physiologic variations and pathologic significance are clearly indicated. The work is an excellent summary of mathematically controlled observations in normal and anemic subjects, which combines not only the work of the author but other workers in the field as well. It is