Introduction to Hematology

Hematology

• Branch of medical science that deals with the study of clinical, morphological, and laboratory disorders of the blood and blood-forming organs

• Study of the disorders and abnormalities related or associated with the quality and quantity of the cellular elements of the blood

• Study of the laboratory procedure and techniques being used to examine the quality and quantity of the cellular elements of the blood

Describe worms in the blood by Athanasius Kircher

• 1654

• 1655

• 1656

• 1657

Discovery of erythrocytes by Swammerdam

• 1655

• 1658

• 1674

• 1842

Human erythrocytes described by Van Leeuwenhoek

• 1674

• 1898

• 2000

• 1842

Platelets were described

• 1657

• 1842

• 1658

• 1846

Polymorphonuclear (PMN) distinguished from other leukocytes by Wharton Jones

• 1675

• 1846

• 1769

• 1879

First complete classification of leukocytes by Ehrlich

• 1879

• 1902

• 1920

• 1658

Development of Wright’s Stain by James Homer Wright

• 1920

• 1902

• 1092

• 1290

Hematology was considered a separated science from clinical pathology

• 1920

• 2020

• 2000

• 1950

BASIC HEMATOLOGY TERMINOLOGY

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Answer explanation

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Examples:

- Agranulocyte

- Anucleated