A System of practical medicine v. 4, 1886, Volume 4Lea Bros. & Company, 1886 |
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pale color and of low specific gravity , which from 1005 to 1010 , repre- senting the usual range , may in extreme cases fall to or even below 1001 as measured by the ordinary urinometer . I have seen no case recorded where the specific ...
pale color and of low specific gravity , which from 1005 to 1010 , repre- senting the usual range , may in extreme cases fall to or even below 1001 as measured by the ordinary urinometer . I have seen no case recorded where the specific ...
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... color to the urine , which on boiling forms a brown coagulum floating on the surface . Hæmoglobinuria may be produced in animals by the intravenous injec- tion of large quantities of water , causing a dissolution of the corpuscles , but ...
... color to the urine , which on boiling forms a brown coagulum floating on the surface . Hæmoglobinuria may be produced in animals by the intravenous injec- tion of large quantities of water , causing a dissolution of the corpuscles , but ...
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... color at the line of junction , and no precipitate takes place there except albumen or peptone , or resins when they have been administered . The opaque line of precipitate may , if the amount of albumen present be small , require a ...
... color at the line of junction , and no precipitate takes place there except albumen or peptone , or resins when they have been administered . The opaque line of precipitate may , if the amount of albumen present be small , require a ...
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... color tests . The exact conditions of the kidney or of the blood which may cause the appearance in the urine of albumen without blood or pus - that is , of true albuminuria - have been the subject of much experiment and argument , which ...
... color tests . The exact conditions of the kidney or of the blood which may cause the appearance in the urine of albumen without blood or pus - that is , of true albuminuria - have been the subject of much experiment and argument , which ...
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... color of various shades . Soft concretions of urates are occa- sionally noted . Oxalate of lime is the material of many small calculi , and may be the nucleus of a larger one or occur in alternate layers with uric acid . These stones ...
... color of various shades . Soft concretions of urates are occa- sionally noted . Oxalate of lime is the material of many small calculi , and may be the nucleus of a larger one or occur in alternate layers with uric acid . These stones ...
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abdominal abortion abscess acute adhesions affection albumen appearance application arteries atrophy attack become bladder blood Bright's disease canal catarrh cause cavity cervix changes character chronic clinical color condition congestion connective tissue contraction course cyst cystitis diagnosis dilatation discharge disease disorder doses drachms dysmenorrhoea eczema enlarged eruption especially exist fibres fluid followed frequently give rise glands growth hemorrhage hypertrophy incision increased infiltration inflammation inflammatory injection irritation kidney later lesions less ligaments marked menorrhagia menstruation mucous membrane muscles muscular nephritis nerves nervous normal observed occur ointment operation organs ounce ovarian ovaries ovum pain papules paralysis patches pathological patient pelvic peritoneal peritoneum pessary portion posterior pregnancy present pressure prognosis pruritus pyelitis rarely rectum remedies removal renal result retinal skin slight sometimes stage suppuration surface symptoms syphilis tion treatment tubes tumor ulceration ureter urethra urine usually uterine uterus vagina variety vesicles vessels vulva wall
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Page 354 - ... infection may sometimes linger for months, and be complicated with cystitis. In chronic cases of urethritis, where the walls of the urethra are very much thickened and the canal narrowed, dilatation with steel sounds is recommended.
Page 156 - Vesical irritation, moreover, is sometimes caused by the dragging of the uterus upon the neck of the bladder. This traction occurs not only in .ascent, but also when the organ descends below a certain level. In the foregoing paragraphs traction due to the falling pelvic floor has been discussed as a cause of descent. The impairment of the uterine supports may, however, be such that instead of falling and dragging the FIG.
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Page 550 - ... and the victim of its attack only becomes cognizant of the disease when he notices some marked failure in certain muscular powers. The tailor notices that he cannot hold his needle, the shoemaker wonders that he cannot thrust his awl, the mason's hammer has grown too heavy for his strength, the gentleman feels an awkwardness in handling his pen, in pulling out his pocket handkerchief, or in putting on his hat (ROBERTS). On comparing the weakened member with its fellow, it is seen to be wasted,...
Page 357 - Now this condition of the parts disappears during the involution which takes place after delivery ; but when from any cause the process of involution is interrupted, the enlarged vessels and relaxed condition of the urethral walls remain and sometimes increase. When to this state of the parts a catarrh of the mucous membrane is added, the enlargement of the membrane by swelling still further increases the caliber of the canal. The dilatation caused by passing calculi may remain permanently, and the...
Page 149 - ... movements of the uterus. The body is furthermore bent forward upon the cervix, so that its anterior surface rests upon the empty bladder. The angle of the normal anteflexion, according to careful measurements by Schultze, is about 48°; Fritsch says that 90° is the physiological limit. This question will be further considered under the subject of pathological anteflexions. Normal Movements of the Uterus. Strictly, the uterus can have no absolutely normal position or location, because it has...
Page 169 - ... the uterus, finding it impossible to hold its position against the pessary, instead of taking its proper position, may be bent over it in exaggerated retroflexion, with the cervix between the pessary and the pubes, or the whole organ may slip off to one side of the instrument into a malposition more serious than the one for which relief _is sought.