Show dumbell corpuscles Corpus cles sign sig n of failing health philadelphia the importance of blood tests tu ILL determining the physical condition of subjects was emphasized here by dr john N hatfield superintendent Inte in of pennsylvania hospital even the kind of disease sometimes can be diagnosed from the blood doctor hatfield said normally a person ha has s about red corpuscles corpus cles in each cubic centimeter of blood these in health are round discs but in disease they may be shaped like a balloon a dumbell an anvil a kidney or a flask there Is only one kind of red corpuscle but more than a dozen kinds of white corpuscles corpus cles distinct in markings and shape the ratios between the different kinds of white corpuscles corpus cles show pneumonia blood tumors typhoid fever ferer pernicious anemia and other diseases |