When connecting a blood collecting unit (not shown) with an adaptor,
streaming blood in a first inflow passage, and streaming liquid including
surfactant or fluorescent dyes in a second inflow passage, the blood and
the liquid are mixed at a mixing portion, and platelets, erythrocytes and
cell membranes of leukocytes in the blood are dissolved by the
surfactant, and the nuclei of the leukocytes are fluorescently stained
with the fluorescent dyes. Then, a fluorescent particle counting portion
counts the fluorescently stained nuclei of the leukocytes during moving
in an outflow passage. According to the invention, a number of leukocytes
can be correctly measured with a simple operation, such as connection of
a blood collecting unit or the like with the adaptor.