This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 edition. Excerpt: ...or absence of albumen and sugar, and the result of microscopic examination, together with inquiry as to the quantity passed in twenty-four hours. Every examination should take place within twelve hours after the urine has been evacuated. The examination of the sediment under the microscope, however, is most ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 edition. Excerpt: ...or absence of albumen and sugar, and the result of microscopic examination, together with inquiry as to the quantity passed in twenty-four hours. Every examination should take place within twelve hours after the urine has been evacuated. The examination of the sediment under the microscope, however, is most advantageously made after the specimen has stood in a conical glass between twelve and twenty-four hours. When urine is sent from a distance the bottle should be filled up to the cork, so that there will be no air between the liquid and the cork, and to this might be added a small quantity of salicylic acid. ODOR OF URINE. 97 COLOE. The color of urine will vary in healthy persons, from a pale to a straw or clear amber yellow, or even to a yellowish-red tint. It will be affected by the amount discharged--the larger the quantity the paler it will be, and, vice versa, the smaller the quantity the deeper the hue. During sickness or disease it will show a somewhat singular variety of colors, including pale yellow, green, red, blue, etc. The effects on the urine of the administration of some vegetable and mineral substances are also prominently noticeable. Thus, a golden yellow is produced by santonine, and a reddish hue by logwood and madder. There may be present in the urine abnormal coloring agents, such as bile and haematin. A pale condition may be caused by diabetes, polyuria, anaemia, hysteria and other nervous disorders. In some instances it may even prove to be a healthful and most favorable symptom. ODOR. The odor, when the urine has been quite recently voided and when still warm, is sweetish and aromatic. This becomes changed, after the cooling process, to what is generally termed a urinous smell. There are conditions, however, which may...
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