A practical manual, containing a description of the general, chemical and microscopical characters of the blood, and secretions of the human body. As well as of their components, including both their healthy and diseased states ... / [J.W. Griffith].

  • Griffith, J. W. (John William), 1819?-1901.
Date:
1843
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Credit: A practical manual, containing a description of the general, chemical and microscopical characters of the blood, and secretions of the human body. As well as of their components, including both their healthy and diseased states ... / [J.W. Griffith]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    separated by agitation ■with aether. [For a minute ac- count of the properties of chyle vide Part II. Chyle.] 21. A SIMPLE OLEAGINOUS OR FATTY MATTER has been occasionally found in the urine, forming a pellicle or scum on it a short time after having been passed. This has been supposed to arise from stea- tomatous tumours adhering to the inside of the blad- der. It is rare, and has doubtless in some cases been added for the sake of imposition on the part of the patient. It would be readily distinguished by its peculiar appearance, the large size of the oil-globules, and the absence of all milkiness or opacity. 22. Semen.—When this is present in urine the mucous cloud is increased and is more dense. The urine becomes very slightly albuminous*, and by decanting the fluid part of the urine, and examining the sediment under the high powers of a microscope, the spermatic animalcules may be perceived (PI. II. fig. 33). Vide Semen, Part II. III. 23. Principles occasionally found in the urine, but never existing in that fluid in health, nor in other fluids of the healthy body. a. Various abnormal and remarkable colouring matters have been occasionally found in the urine, sometimes forming a deposit, sometimes in solution. Blood has been noticed (17.). Prussian blue (ses- quicyanide of iron) and indigo have both been de- tected. Indigo would be distinguished by washing the sediment composed of it well with water, and drying it, when by heating it to between 500° and 600° it * Becquerel.