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THE HAEMATOLOGY OF THE CENTRAL AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINE
Author(s) -
CasleySmith JR
Publication year - 1959
Publication title -
australian journal of experimental biology and medical science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.999
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1440-1711
pISSN - 0004-945X
DOI - 10.1038/icb.1959.49
Subject(s) - eosinophil , eosinophilia , bluff , lymphocyte , blood smear , demography , medicine , pathology , sociology , mathematics , mathematical economics , asthma , malaria
SUMMARY Total leukocyte and differential counts were performed on a group of aborigines. These lived under semi‐detribalized conditions at Haast's Bluff. A control series was taken of Europeans living at Adelaide. The total leukocyte and absolute lymphocyte counts were slightly but significantly raised in the aborigines. The eosinophil counts were markedly increased in the aborigines. Direct eosinophil counts were performed on nomads visiting Haast's Bluff. These also had greatly raised values. Many of them had positive Casoni tests. Those with positive tests had more eosinophilia than those with negative reactions. Hospital natives had fewer positive reactions.