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blood. a red blood count. which
is count Of red blood corpuscles:
and hemoglobin, an estimation of
the amount of iron contained in
red blood cells, which, under
modern conditions, is a measur-
ing Of the quantity of iron in
grams which would be found in
100 cubic centimeters of blood.
Detect Disturbances
Because many diseases of the
body manifest Themselves in abb
normal findings in urine, a COM
plete urinalysis is made, includ-
ing both chemical and microscop-
ic examination, to detect further
possible disturbances in the fun
ctioning of kidneys. =
The sociological examination of
blood, drawn usually from vein
instead of the finger, is used to
detect the. presence of various
Immediately effer , patients
admission TO the hospital. the at
tending phYsicisn is srmed with
reports OF these laboratory find
ings to help him map his fight
agsinst the disease. These and
other reports. meaningless to a
laYman, are submitted to the
physician. and not TO the patient.
for their value can be interpreted
only by a trained medical man.
II these routine examinations
do not give the physician all the
information he desires. there is
a wide variety of additional lab
oratory procedures which are
carried out only upon the re-
quest of the attending physician.
These include many special
stains made from blood samples
to help him make the diagnosis
and then to follow the effective
ness of the treatment which he
prescribes.
Many Chemical Tests
The field of chemistry provid-
es a large number of tests for
detecting the normal constitut-
ents of blood, for determining
the quantities of each present,
and for showing any deviation
from normal.
For example, there is the
blood sugar determination which,
as its name implies, measures the
quantity of sugar present in the
blood. Then there is what is
called the non-protein nitrogen
determination which makes a
three-fold check on urea, Great
inc, and uric acid. incidentally,
the uric acid determination is
useful in diagnosing that ancient
disease Of gouD.
There IS e calcium determina-
ton which analyses the quantity
of celcium present. and the
cholesterol which measures the
quantity of fat found in the
blood stream. a helpful index TO
the functioning of your liver and
thyroid.
Bacteriology affords the means
for finding out just what specific
organism is responsible for in
fections of all types, thus enabl-
ing the physician to select the
medicine best suited for treat
ment, such as penicillin, strepto-
mycin and the sulfa drugs.
Into the field of pathology falls
the examination of all tissues re-
moved in surgical operations.
These tissues, of whatever nat
ure, are sent to a pathologist in
Mobile for complete examina-
ton and report, and the path
ologist, as a part of his study,
searches for tumors and cancer
in the specimens.
| Quick Freeze Tissues
If the surgeon requires an inn
mediate report while the patient
is still under anesthetic on the
operating table, the pathologist
can quick freeze the tissue ano
render a report within a few min
utes so that the surgeon will be
able, if the small sample of tissue
proves cancerous, to remove the
offending growth without the
necessity of a second operation
We have this equipment avail
able.
The laboratory is as up-to-date
as your current magazines.