Monthly Archive:: February 2017

Apparatus: Hemoglobinometer, pricking needle (blood lancet) and spirit swab. Sahli’s method: Hemoglobinometer: It is a box which contains: Stirrer: Simple glass rod used to mix the blood with acid or distilled water. Hemoglobin pipette: it is a simple pipette having capillary tube …

DEFINITION OF Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate: ESR is a measure of settling down of RBCs in an anticoagulated specimen of whole blood during a specified period of time. APPARATUS WST = Westergren’s tube WTB = Wintrobe’s tube Westergren’s tube (pipette) with stand, Wintrobe’s …

THEORY. Precordium is the portion of the anterior aspect of the chest wall which overlies the heart. Its examination is carried out under following headings: Palpation Inspection percussion. Auscultation  Inspection Clothing of the patient should be removed upto waist. Look for: Veins …

PRINCIPLE : The principle of the experiment involves the balancing of air pressure against the pressure of blood in brachial artery, the air pressure being estimated by a mercury  or air (aneroid) manometer . A cloth-covered rubber bag is wrapped around upper arm, …

Pharmacology is the branched of medical science that deals with the different drugs and their action on the living cells and tissues. Pharmacology is consider one of the difficult and tough subject in medical field. It is the most important subject. The …

APPARATUS (Reagents and equipments): 4-5 clean glass slides, Leishman’s stain, blood lancet, dropper, glass rod, compound microscope, cedar wood oil, buffered water and staining tray. PRINCIPLE: A blood film appropriately prepared and stained is seen under the microscope in oil immersion. Different …

The purpose of preparation of blood smear (blood film} is to study the morphology of RBCs, differential leukocyte count and reticulocyte count. APPARATUS: 4-5 glass slides, compound microscope, pricking needle (blood lancet), spirit swab, cedar wood oil/liquid paraffin, Leishman’s stain, wash bottle, …

Apparatus: Neubauer’s chamber (thick slide), RBC diluting fluid, microscope, coverslip, pricking needle (blood lancet) and spirit swab. RBC Diluting Fluid (Hayem’s Fluid): Sodium chloride (NaCl): 0.5 gm, to maintain isotonicity of fluid. Sodium sulphate (Na2504): 2.5 gm, which breaks RBCs and prevents …

Haemocytometer is an apparatus used to count various blood cells (RBC , WBC and a easinophll and platelets). It consists of RBC and WBC pipette (Thoma diluting pipettes) thick slide (Neubauer’s chamber). REAGENTS: Hayem’s fluid for RBC counting and its composition: NaCl 0.5 …