On sugar in the urine / by H. Bence Jones.

  • Henry Bence Jones
Date:
[1862]
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Credit: On sugar in the urine / by H. Bence Jones. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Reprinted from the Quarterly Journal of the Chemical Society. ON SUGAR IN THE URINE, By H. Bence Jones, M.D., F.R.S. Part 1. On the detection of Sugar when added to Healthy Urine. The detection of small quantities of sugar in water and in a solution containing organic and inorganic substances, constitute two questions as different as the detection of small quantities of arsenic or opium when dissolved in pure water or in a compound fluid. ]N othing is easier than to determine the presence of small quan- tities of sugar, arsenic, or opium in distilled water; but when organic matters are also present, the difficulty of the analysis becomes sometimes excessive. Very small quantities cannot be detected. The limit that can be found varies with each substance, according to the nature and amount of the organic matter present, according to the process of separation used, and according to the skill of the chemist. In cases of poisoning, the separation of the poison from the contents of the stomach, or from the substance of the different