An inquiry into the nature and treatment of diabetes, calculus, and other affections of the urinary organs : with remarks on the importance of attending to the state of the urine in organic diseases of the kidney and bladder : and some practical rules for determining the nature of the disease from the sensible and chemical properties of that secretion / by William Prout.

Date:
1825
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An inquiry into the nature and treatment of diabetes, calculus, and other affections of the urinary organs : with remarks on the importance of attending to the state of the urine in organic diseases of the kidney and bladder : and some practical rules for determining the nature of the disease from the sensible and chemical properties of that secretion / by William Prout. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

    21/350 (page 13)
    INTRODUCTION. . Composition, 8$c. of the Urine.—General Remarks on Urinary Derangements.—Division of the Sub- ject. In order to exhibit the peculiarities of the urine, and the morbid conditions to which it is liable, in a more striking point of view, I purpose, in the follow- ing sketch, to consider the various principles which enter into its composition, with reference to those entering into the composition of the blood from which it is formed. Hence it will be necessary to premise a summary description of these two fluids. Blood is that well-known red fluid existing in cer- tain vessels (hence denominated blood-vessels), from which all animal products are formed. Its consist- ence is somewhat thick, and it has a saponaceous feel. Its taste is slightly saline, and its odour pecu- liar, and more or less strong in different animals. Its specific gravity varies in the same animal at dif- ferent times; but, generally speaking, the specific gravity of human blood may be said to be between