Blood, 1957, Vol. 12, No. 5, pp. 428-442.
© 1957 American Society of Hematology, Inc.
Electron Microscopy of Formed Elements of
Normal Human Blood
JOSEPH R. GOODMAN 1,
EMMETT B. REILLY 1, and
ROGER E. MOORE 1
1 Medical Research Programs and the Clinical Pathology Section, Veterans Administration Hospital, Long Beach, Calif, and the Department of Biochemistry, University of
Southern California, Los Angeles, California.
The history of the development of practicable electron microscope technics
for examination of the formed elements of the blood was reviewed. A method
found to yield good reproductions of ultrathin sections of blood cells was presented in considerable detail. The various phases of the technic were critically
evaluated.
The morphologic characteristics of the various formed elements of normal
peripheral blood were defined in association with sample electron micrographs.
Ultramicroscopic detail of neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils, lymphocytes,
monocytes, platelets and erythrocytes was discussed.
Submitted on August 4, 1956
Accepted on September 15, 1956
