Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ... THE URINE. I. General Characteristics. /-Pale. Color.--Normal 1 Normal. I High. r Blood. Pathological I Bile. I Chyle. Accidental--due to drugs. Odor.--Accidental (due to drugs). Urinous. Ammoniacal. Due to acetone. Reaction.--Acid or alkaline. The alkali may be fixed or volatile. If fixed, it does not disappear on heating; if volatile, it disappears on heating. Specific Gravity.--Normal, 1015-1025. Amount.--Subject to great variation. Normal, 1,500 c.c. Solids by Specific Gravity.--Multiply last two figures of specific gravity by 2.33, which gives the number of grammes of solids in 1,000 c.c. n. General Chemistry and Clinical Analysis. Urobilin.--Take a little H2SO4 in a testtube and pour on it, from a height, some urine. Purplish-brown color, if present. If decreased--light color. If normal--dark and transparent. If increased--dark and opaque. Indican (Stokvis' Test).--To test-tube of urine add an equal amount HC 1 and one or two drops calcium hypochlorite, and shake. Then add a few drops of chloroform and shake thoroughly. If indican is present, the chloroform will be colored blue. If normal, it will be about the color of litmus. Albumen (Qualitative). Serum Albumen. Nitric Acid Test.--To about J wine-glassful of urine add with a pipette about the amount of conc. HN03, so that the acid shall underlie the urine. If present, there will be a distinct white zone at the point of contact, which is sharply denned and extends either way. If bile be present, the albumen zone will be tinged green. In the nitric-acid test several other zones will be present, viz.: 1. A nitrate of urea zone, which always occurs in the nitric acid and extends downwards. 2. A zone of indican and urobilin, which is exactly below the albumen zone. 3. A zone due to...
