0
ARTICLE |

THE PATHOGENESIS OF PURPURA HEMORRHAGICA WITH ESPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE PART PLAYED BY BLOOD-PLATELETS

WILLIAM W. DUKE, M.D.
Arch Intern Med (Chic). 1912;X(5):445-469. doi:10.1001/archinte.1912.00060230042005.
Text Size: A A A
Published online

The hemorrhagic diathesis of chloroform and phosphorus poisoning is without doubt due to a deficiency of fibrinogen in the blood and that of a type of melena neonatorum to a retarded rate or complete failure of blood coagulation. The hemorrhages of jaundice and hemophilia can perhaps be accounted for by abnormal blood coagulation, although proof of this is not so clear as in the former diseases. The disease with which I shall deal in this paper, namely purpura hemorrhagica, has apparently an entirely different pathogenesis and, it is believed, is due wholly or partly to an almost complete absence of platelets from the blood. That the number of platelets in the blood is reduced in purpura hemorrhagica was first observed in 1887 by Denys, a histologist, and later by Hayem, the discoverer of blood-platelets. Denys1 reported three cases in which platelets could hardly be found in fresh blood films.

Topics

Sign In to Access Full Content

Don't have Access?

Register and get free email Table of Contents alerts, saved searches, PowerPoint downloads, CME quizzes, and more

Subscribe for full-text access to content from 1998 forward and a host of useful features

Activate your current subscription (AMA members and current subscribers)

Purchase Online Access to this article for 24 hours

First Page Preview

View Large
First page PDF preview

Figures

Tables

Interactive Graphics

Video

Country-Specific Mortality and Growth Failure in Infancy and Yound Children and Association With Material Stature

Use interactive graphics and maps to view and sort country-specific infant and early dhildhood mortality and growth failure data and their association with maternal

References

Correspondence

CME
Accreditation Information
The American Medical Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The AMA designates this journal-based CME activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM per course. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Physicians who complete the CME course and score at least 80% correct on the quiz are eligible for AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM.
Note: You must get at least of the answers correct to pass this quiz.
You have not filled in all the answers to complete this quiz
The following questions were not answered:
Sorry, you have unsuccessfully completed this CME quiz with a score of
The following questions were not answered correctly:
Commitment to Change (optional):
Indicate what change(s) you will implement in your practice, if any, based on this CME course.
Your quiz results:
The filled radio buttons indicate your responses. The preferred responses are highlighted
For CME Course: A Proposed Model for Initial Assessment and Management of Acute Heart Failure Syndromes
Indicate what changes(s) you will implement in your practice, if any, based on this CME course.
NOTE:
Citing articles are presented as examples only. In non-demo SCM6 implementation, integration with CrossRef’s “Cited By” API will populate this tab (http://www.crossref.org/citedby.html).
Submit a Comment

Some tools below are only available to our subscribers or users with an online account.

Sign In to Access Full Content

Related Content

Customize your page view by dragging & repositioning the boxes below.

Jobs