The Biology of the Blood-Cells

The Biology of the Blood-Cells presents a critical review of relationships between changes in the blood-forming organs and the blood picture. The book discusses the minute morphology of various blood-cells; the fundamental basis of hemopoiesis of human; and the purpose of the bone marrow as a red-cell factory. Some of the topics covered in the text are the structures of lymphocytes; the production and functions of neutrophile leucocyte; and the chemical characters of cells. The description of megakaryocyte; the proliferation of cells in the bone marrow; and the metaplastic and allied changes in the bone-marrow are also covered. The book further discusses the development of erythroblast cells; the characteristics of erythrocytes; and the description of reticular substance. The text then looks into the changes in the hemoglobin content and the comparative morphology of the red cells. A chapter is devoted to the metaplastic, metahyperplastic, and aplastic phenomena of erythropoiesis.

The book can provide useful information to hematologists, doctors, students, and researchers.

Introduction

I.—On the Primordial Blood-Cell

Section I.—The Primordial Cell

Section II.—The Primordial Cell (Continued)

Section III.—The Primordial Cell (Concluded)

II.—On the Red Blood-Cell

Section I.—The Bone-Marrow as a Red-cell Factory

Section II.—The Erythroblastic Line of Development

Section III.—The Life History of the Red Blood-Corpuscle in the Blood-Stream

Section IV. The Metaplastic, Metahyperplastic, and Aplastic Phenomena of Erythropoiesis

III.—On the Lymphocyte

Section I.—The Factories of the Lymphocyte

Section II.—The Lymphoblastic Line of Development

Section III.—The Lymphocyte of the Blood-Stream

Section IV.—The Fate of the Lymphocyte

IV.—On the Large Mononuclear Leucocyte

Section I.—On the Structure of the Pulpar Tissue

Section II.—On the Large Mononuclear Leucocyte of the Blood-Stream

Section III.—The Pulpar Cell and Its Cytoplasias

V.—On the Neutrophile Leucocyte

Section I.—Bone-marrow as a White-Cell Factory

Section II.— The Life-History of the Neutrophile Leucocyte up to the Time of Its Birth into the Blood-Stream

Section III.—The Life-cycle of the Blood-Mature Leucocyte

Section IV.—The Cytoplasias of the Leucopoietic Tissues

VI.—On Certain Phlogocytes

Section I.—Aberrant Abortive Haemopoiesis

Section II.—The Eosinophile Cell

Section III.—The Mast Cell

Section IV.—The Plasma Cell

Section V.—The Clasmatocyte

Section VI.—The Cytoplastic Inter-Relations between the Various Phlogocytes

VII.—The Cytoplastic Phenomena of Blood-Forming Tissues

Section I.—Metaplasia in General

Section II.—Special Examples of Metaplasia in Hemopoietic Tissues

Section III.—Survey of the Hyperplastic, Metaplastic, Metahyperplastic, and Allied Processes in the Pulpar and Follicular Tissues

Abbreviations Employed

References to the Literature

Glossary of Hematological Terms

General Index

Index of Diseases Referred to

Index of Animals

Index of Authors