Kidney Diseases, Urinary Deposits, and Calculous Disorders: Their Nature and Treatment

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Churchill, 1869 - Kidneys - 472 pages
 

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Page 287 - They should be washed, in the first instance, with a little water, to which a few drops of acetic acid have been added. When pretty clean, they may be placed upon a glass slide, with the aid of a pipette, and the greater quantity of the fluid absorbed with a small piece of bibulous paper.
Page 471 - How to Work with the Microscope. A Complete Manual of Microscopical Manipulation, containing a full description of many new processes of investigation, with directions for examining objects under the highest powers, and for taking photographs of microscopic objects.
Page 270 - Take a sufficient quantity (say 1 quart) of wheat bran ; boil it in two successive waters for a quarter of an hour, each time straining it through a sieve; then wash it well with cold water (on the sieve) until the water runs off perfectly clear; squeeze the bran in a cloth as dry as possible...
Page 86 - ... over hot water, or in vacuo, over sulphuric acid. When dry it is scraped from the glass, powdered and kept in a stoppered bottle. A good digestive fluid may be made as follows: Of the powder 5 grains; strong hydrochloric acid 18 drops; water 6 ounces.
Page 130 - ... when these two salts are dissolved together ; sulphate of lead is precipitated as an inert substance, while the acetic acid is transferred to the zinc to form zinc acetate. Strychnine is sometimes prescribed in combination with the bromides or iodides. This is a dangerous practice, for the reason that after the mixture has been allowed to stand for some time the bromide or iodide of strychnine will crystallize and be deposited in the bottom of the vial, and as the last dose of the medicine is...
Page 270 - Take of this bran-powder three ounces troy, three fresh eggs, one ounce and a half of butter, rather less than half a pint of milk ; mix the eggs with part of the milk, and warm the butter with the other portion ; then stir the whole well together, adding a little nutmeg and ginger, or any other agreeable spice. Immediately before putting...
Page 420 - Carter's paper, shows the per centage of calculi in India and in England entirely composed of uric acid, urate of ammonia, and oxalate of lime :• — The following are the conclusions to which Dr. Carter has been led : " 1. That, in the Bombay presidency, the proportion of calculi having oxalate of lime for their nucleus, or wholly composed of it, is about twice as great as in England, taking for comparison certain standard collections there. 2. That the proportion of calculi having uric acid,...
Page 469 - ARCHIVES OF MEDICINE: A Record of Practical Observations and Anatomical and Chemical Researches, connected with the Investigation and Treatment of Disease.
Page 109 - If no precipitate occurs, more baryta must be added; if a slight cloudiness takes place, the analysis is finished ; but if much precipitate is produced, too large a quantity of the test has been used, and the analysis must be repeated. For instance, suppose...
Page 130 - ... are spent in vital work, and 233 grs. in mental work and the mechanical work necessary to keep the body in health." " 4. The quantity of urea discharged per day varies also with the weight of the individual, which influences the vital and mental work.

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