To the hemolytic jaundice clinic

Abstract

Hemolytic jaundice, as a specific painful form, was described by Minkowski, but without using the term “hemolytic jaundice”: he described a syndrome consisting of “jaundice, urobilinuria, splenomegaly and renal siderosis.” The lack of etiology and the unclear pathogenesis of this disease forced authors to put forward various symptoms, which is why hemolytic jaundice is found in the literature under various names. Among the works on this issue, the studies of Shoffard stood out, who shifted the center of gravity to the blood, noting a decrease in the osmotic resistance of erythrocytes and microcytosis.