Agranulocytosis in an Infant: Recovery

The following case appears to warrant record because of its severity and the part played by blood transfusion and pentnucleotide in recovery.Ca-e Rep)rt A girl aged I year and 11 months was admitted to hospital on November 16. 1940, obviously very ill.Dr. J. S. Topping, her doctor, gives the following account of her illness.She was seen first on October 25, 1940.She was pale, seemed ill, and would not put any weight on the left leg: she appeared to have pain in the left knee.She was put to bed, the left leg was wrapped in wool, and she was given 7 grains of sodium salicylate with 15 grains of sodium bicarbonate e v e r v four hours.