leucocythemia

The term Leukozythämie ( from Ancient Greek λετκός leukos "white", ancient Greek κύτος kytos " hollow ", " vessel ", "shell", and ancient Greek αἷμα haima " blood ") is a historical term, 1845 by the pathologist John Hughes Bennett ( 1812-1875 ) was introduced from Edinburgh for a disease which is known as leukemia today according to a proposal by Rudolf Virchow ( 1821-1902 ). Between the two contemporary pathologists a true scholarly dispute about the authorship and description of said disease was then begun.

While Bennett to a suppuration, ie the formation of pus in the blood ( also pyemia called ) attributed the many " colorless corpuscles ," has called Virchow 's opinion that there had been an increase in the " colorless corpuscles " (now called leukocytes) and examined their origin in the lymph glands. Although Bennett wrote the first of the " discovery of a new pathological condition of the blood ," said Virchow name of the disease prevailed. Pathophysiological considerations Virchows to leukemia have been confirmed in the course of time.

With regard to disease finer details, see the article leukemia.