Studies of circulating eosinophils have been made in many small groups and it has been repeatedly observed that under controlled conditions the circulating eosinophil count may be regarded as a practical clinical test of adreno-cortical function and reserve. The present investigation, the first of a series, was undertaken to find what was the level of circulating eosinophils in premature infants and to study the behaviour of eosinophils in infancy and to find in what circumstances changes in the circulating eosinophil level were effected. From a preliminary series of daily counts done on premature babies in the Aberdeen Maternity Hospital it quickly became apparent that the circulating eosinophil level in premature infants of
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