Blood, 1946, Vol. 1, No. 5, pp. 379-386.
© 1946 American Society of Hematology, Inc.
CELLULAR CHANGES PRODUCED BY EXTRACTS OF HUMAN ORGANS
L. A. ERF M.D.1,
D. L. TURNER PH.D.1, and
F. R. MILLER M.D.1
1 Charlotte Drake Cardeza Foundation, Jefferson Medical College and Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa.
By the injection of lipoid extracts of organs (liver, spleen, and lymph nodes)
of 5 patients with leukemia, 1 with Hodgkin's disease, and of 4 "control" cases
(3 of heart disease and 1 of cerebral tumor) into 28 guinea-pigs, it was observed
that:
a. extracts from human myeloid leukemic organs produced "myeloid reactions"
or infiltrations in guinea-pigs;
b. extracts from lymphoid leukemic organs produced "lymphoid reactions";
c. extracts from organs involved with Hodgkin's disease produced "Hodgkin's
reactions"; and
d. extracts from "normal" organs produced slight lymphoid or monocytoid
infiltrations.