Clinical Diagnosis by Laboratory Methods
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چکیده
There is an introductory chapter on the use of the microscope and then successive chapters on examination of the sputum, the urine, the blood, gastric and duodenal contents, the faeces, animal parasites, pus and other body fluids, miscellaneous examinations including divers subjects such as the pregnancy tests and diagnosis of rabies, sero-diagnosis, bacteriological methods, and vaccines and skin tests: there is also an appendix on laboratory equipment and apparatus, and finally a useful index.
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