[Cellular composition of normal lymph and lymph in an injury to the body].

Cellular composition of the peripheric, intermediate and central lymph of man and animals of different species normally and under pathological conditions is characterized on the basis of the analysis of the current literature and the authors' own investigations. Some mechanisms of formation, distribution, and utilization of cells are considered. It is concluded that examination of the cellular composition of the lymph is of prognostic and diagnostic value in the clinic.