. Clinical bacteriology and haematology for practitioners. Bacteriology; Hematology. PART II H^IMATOLOGY ESTIMATION OF THE AMOUNT OF HEMOGLOBIN There are numerous forms of heemoglobinometer now in use. Two of them (Haldane's and Sahli's) are modifications of Gowers' old instrument, and of these Haldane's is undoubtedly the best and most accurate. Sahli's is the simpler in use, and is suffi- ciently accurate for most purposes. Oliver's instrument is a good one, but it has no advantage over the others, and is decidedly more Fig. 39.—Gowers' We shall describe the me


. Clinical bacteriology and haematology for practitioners. Bacteriology; Hematology. PART II H^IMATOLOGY ESTIMATION OF THE AMOUNT OF HEMOGLOBIN There are numerous forms of heemoglobinometer now in use. Two of them (Haldane's and Sahli's) are modifications of Gowers' old instrument, and of these Haldane's is undoubtedly the best and most accurate. Sahli's is the simpler in use, and is suffi- ciently accurate for most purposes. Oliver's instrument is a good one, but it has no advantage over the others, and is decidedly more Fig. 39.—Gowers' We shall describe the method of using Gowers' hasmoglobino- meter, since many practitioners may possess it, and indicate the differences in the technique with Haldane's and Sahli's instruments. Gowers' consists of two tubes mounted in a small stand. One of these tubes is filled with jelly tinted to represent the colour of normal blood of a certain degree of 194. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Emery, Walter d'Este. London, Lewis


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