Atypical erythrocytes and erythroplastids in the blood of triturus viridescens

✍ Scribed by Nigrelli, Ross F.

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1929
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 734 KB
• Volume: 43
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0003-276X
• DOI: 10.1002/ar.1090430307

✦ Synopsis

IN'I'XODUCTION

Esarninatioii of tlie blood of newts infected with Trypanosoma diemyctyli (Tobey, '06) and Dactylosoma jahiii spnov. ( Xgrelli, '29) showed a high pci-centage of abnormal erythrocytes. These abnormal elements have been interpreted as stages i n degeneration of the red cells, and the chief point of interest is tlie behavior of the nnclens. I n the majority of cases t h e r s i s a striking loss of iiuclcav substance, which tlicii appears in the cytoplasm as basopliilic filaments, globules, granules, and as n diffiise basopliilia. It is believed by most hwmatologists that hasophilie conditions-such as