Hemolytic Jaundice

The problem of the accurate diagnosis and subsequent treatment of patients presenting evidence of increased blood destruction with splenomegaly has long been of importance in medical and surgical clinics. Various criteria have been suggested for differentiating the various types of disturbances producing this syndrome, but considerable confusion still exists. With the hope of obtaining a clearer understanding of the nature of this syndrome, the Spleen Clinic has been conducting a special study during the past six years. This study has resulted in a definite change in our point of view concerning diagnosis, indications for treatment and the therapeutic results that may be expected. Although much of that which follows has been said before, a difference in emphasis will be apparent. During the past six years the Spleen Clinic has been able to study a total of forty-five patients presenting the clinical picture known as hemolytic jaundice. These cases have all