Abstract
1. That, with the exception of the first two weeks
of life, the number of red corpuscles and the
percentage of haemoglobin during infancy and
childhood are much below the adult figures.
2. That a complete diagnosis in a case of anaemia
cannot be made from clinical findings alone and
that no estimate of the severity of the condition
can be made from these findings.
3. That in the diagnosis of any case of anaemia a
complete blood examination must be made and that
the prognosis should be based on these findings.
4. That enlargement of the spleen is by no means so
frequent an accompaniment of anaemia as would
appear from the literature.
5. That the most certain therapeutic method in
anaemia is undoubtedly blood transfusion either
prior to or after the removal of any source of
toxaemia.
