Note 33 — IV. LEUCOCYTOSIS.
W. Myers translation
A case observed some time back by Ehrlich may here be mentioned as a characteristic example. A woman received a blow in the region of the spleen by a fall from the roof, which gradually led to a marked splenic enlargement. As no other symptoms appeared, the surgeon in charge proposed splenectomy, on the assumption of a pure splenic leukæmia. Examination of the blood, however, shewed a condition fully corresponding with myelogenic leukæmia, and thus prevented surgical interference.