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WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE EOSINOPHIL COUNT AND TO SIMULTANEOUS BLOOD COUNTS

D. MURRAY COWIE, M.D.; BUENAVENTURA JIMENEZ, M.D.

Arch Intern Med. 1936;57(1):85-93.

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The local accumulation of eosinophil cells in the tissues and sputum of persons afflicted with bronchial asthma was one of the observations of long ago. At first only the fact of its occurrence was known; now it seems to be well established that it is one of the phenomena of the sensitized or allergic state. The occurrence of increased numbers of eosinophil cells in the sputum of persons with tuberculosis,¹ bronchitis² or bronchietasis,³ in gonorrheal discharge,⁴ in the muscle of persons with trichinosis, in blisters produced by cantharides,⁵ in the tissues of the intestinal tract and in the blood of persons with certain parasitic infestations, in carcinomatous tissue⁶ and in the tissue of the pituitary gland in persons with certain disturbances of that gland is too well known to justify detailed comment. Various interpretations of this increase in the number of eosinophil cells have been given. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
ANN ARBOR, MICH.

From the Sensitization Division of the Department of Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases, and the Student Health Service, the University of Michigan.

Footnotes
A preliminary report was made at the meeting of the University of Michigan Pediatric and Infectious Disease Society, Nov. 18, 1933.12

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