Leucocytic changes following the intravenous injection of peptones

Abstract

During the winter 1925-26 a number of patients who were suffering from Rheumatoid Arthritis were treated in Ward 25 of the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, by intravenous injections of peptone. The observations on which this thesis is based were made on these patients. To Professor Murray-Lyon I am grateful for permission to make the observations and for much help while the work was in progress.The number of cases is small. Nevertheless, as the findings in the different series of observations agree so closely with each other and with related results obtained by other workers, they do provide data for a hypothesis.The arrangement of this thesis will be:- (1) A general survey of the method. (2) A statement of oases with tables and graphs. (3) A general description of the results of the observations made. (4) A comparison of these results with those of other observers. (5) A discussion of the meaning of the observations. (6) A summary. (7) A list of references.