, 1877-02-04

time Ind q certain disease. have examinedtnc
vorpusclcs OF forty persons who were anl1cted
with the snnc dtscase-b1ood that gqI at Ine
County Huspital--and noticed in Ills blood the
same FEATURES which characterized those bloods
"a prcpo1nlerance Of oval cospuscles:''
WAS any brain matter noticeable IN her
blool:'
No, but found brain matter On the carpet.
! examined not only the blood on the carpet,
but also that on sheet used for tho post NOR
tern. In it I found brain matter, pieces
Of bone, pieces OF q sharen beard, hacked
and split by razor, and also species Of mold
without drying, as it lid on the thick carpet.
'tWhat was the difference IN the measure
mcnts OF her corpuscles and hiss'
"Hcrs measured Is, 400 Of IN inch, aud lis
1920.
''Ir what did they differ otherwiscsn
4tIiis corpusclcs exhibited a strange, black
cncd. irregular appearance. ! found no marks
0f arrangement or disorganizatlon IN any Of
hcrs.''
s'Ncrc tile corpusc,cs on the carpet pcrfcct?''
"Some Of them. They needed no restoration.
They laid fiat on Il woolen fibre, showing them
selves very clearly.''
corpnsclcsf'
that is wLat is generally understood 6y perfect.
They arc generally nearly circular in healthy
blood, but not perfectly su. For that reason l
measure them both ways. I have very
rarely found true circular orc, and II {
relied on one measurement should always be
wrong. II you measure 4 ring both ways you
will get the average diameter; If you measure
is bent: Seea''
"If you could make the oval ones round would
their area ditlcr from that Of other oral cor
pusclcs!" .
1T would not. hare done that over aud
over again.
s.Some authors insist, do they not, that dis
tortcd corpuscles should be restored to their
original Shape before being measurcd!"
"Thcre are authorities on every question, but
have never seen that laid down as u rule in any
modern work. DR.. Richardson took six cor
puscles irregular in form before jury in Phila-
lelphia aud the accused was conycteu.'
"Do you select the most perfect ones!''
+" No; that would lead to error. take them
Just as they comc."
"Arc the corpuscles Of man usually larger
than those Of 4 woman!"
would pretend to tell the difference between
mans blood and Il womans. Ny wife's cor
pusclcs arc larger than mine. In Richardson's
case the corpusclcs varied very much iu size,-
small. Nearly alt Of them were oval in for1n,''
" Are not the .corpuscles OF healthy blood
usually spherical?''
'9That is the popular idea They are not.
You will lind some that appear to be perfectly
round, but Il close examination reveals that
they nre not. It is very
DIFFICULT TO FIND
perfectly healthy human blood. have speci-
men tlut came from France eleven years ago.
It Is beautiful, very bcautiful!''
The Doctor at this j.ncturc exhibited to the
reporter number of q ''slides,'' containing the
blood Of men and animals. Among the.n was
blood which he said he had taken from mos
quito's stomach This certainly was dissection
par excellence. Hc also has Ill ear of that annoy
ing songster.
IA very interesting slidc," SAID he, "is this.
Taking up one.] This 1@s OIL it q scale or
scale or feather Of the mosquito, compared In
size with the blood found In its stomach. The
scale is many times larger in area than cor
was run over By the cars. He was badly fright
cned, and the corpuscles arc marked us if they
had been carved. l observed the same peculiar
ity in the blood Of a rat which was knocked
around in i trap for some little time, and then
killed. Now this characteristic has not been motto
cd in any other bloods, and regard it us of some
significance justifying further Investigation. I
have not completed my study OF it, but have
hopes OF being able to tell whether person
was frightened when he died. Perhaps it may
sons found dead came to Il natural death or
werc murdered. Here is the blood" he con-
ttuued, :" Of the woman who recently poisoned
herself with c:,rbolic acid. That is strangely al
ever heard OF. She died as quietly as If she had
taken optum.''
This depression is attributable to the Doctors
enthusiasm and the reporters curiosity. Re-
ncwing the original line Of inquiry, the reporter
asked:
s How do yue make your drewings?"
II put the blood III glass slide Then
place the slide under thesmicroscope, which has
d 1,215 diameter mugnifying power The cor
tnsclcs appear nearly 40 Of au inch In diame-
i'll horizontal position, anu attach
the camera 1ucida to it. aud get the Image be-
meath, as iu the ordinary photograph process OIL
the face OF the paper use brush to trace
the eorpuseles THY \ are as plain on the sur
''Isu't It exceedingly dif1iculta''
eyes, at first; it requires great deal OF ex-
pcrience- The outlines are generally made first,
and the drawings finished afterwards from
MY practice is to 1niih m .t them whoily
books the pictures arc tie works Of artists. /
Very rarely arc scientific men capable OF 1nak-
ing them. My method is 70 give tex
t tu1e' oa contend that tnrt,nd driving n,ois IS
it gives texture. an outline Of a round object !
might be an outline Of great many rouud OBJ /
jects, and no Que could tell What it was unless
the outline was filled up With the texture. The |
line Of soft thing, and in orrler to recognize !
It you must do so by the texture, and
NOT By THE SHAPE"
"How do you make your caic1liat:ons?"
Alter completing the tlDIe l. measure cach |
row horizontally there may be eight or ten |
rows, and then each TOW pcIpendicnlariy. Say I
there we're five rows OF five each, and they meas
urc two inches. Adding the two measurements !
together will give twenty inches. Dividing tue
twenty by double the number Of corpusclcs |
gives the average diameter OF one corpusclc, or |
rather Of the picture. That would be four
tcntlls. Divide the fourteenth by tho magnify
ing power, and that gives the diameter III deci- |
mails"
"Human corprsc1es are distinguished by their
size, are they not!"
"Ycs, sir.s'
"What Is the average size of human
:"
ssIt is the 13 200 Of IN inch; that is to say. il
you take 3,200 corpusclcs and place them III u
line they will occupy just the space OF an inch
in length. If you multiply the number By
itself you get the number in q square, and null
iplying that by $500 and by 5, since It takes five
,orpusucs to make the thickness Of the diameter
If one, you get the number in a cubic inch."
''That gives 10, PIC, ,0OO III d square inch, and
|, ,633S, 400, COO in cubic incll!"
"Yes. Isn't that astoundings Recollcct that
1unber is not in a cubic inch Of blood, but in j
:ubic inch Of corpuscles. 4 cubic inch OF blood
contains so many that the mum ber would not be
except by 4 mathematician
''1Iow many constituents arc there in the
blood ~
ssThc blood is complex. Almost all modern
observers In their analyses say there is SO much
If certain substances and so much OF unknown
substance. consequently what NAV be blood to- |