A guide to urine testing : for nurses and others / by Mark Robinson.

  • Robinson, Mark (Mark A.)
Date:
1899
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A guide to urine testing : for nurses and others / by Mark Robinson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SUGAR. A SPKCIFIC gravity of over 1030 may point \.o the presence of sugar. In diabetes mellitus the S.G. may rise to ] 045, or even more, and the quantity of urine passed, to ten, fifteen or more pints a day. Before testing lor sugar, the tests for albumin should be employed, and if any be present, the urine should be acidulated with a few drops of acetic acid, and the mixture boiled and filtered. The urine should also Ije filtered if thickened by the presence of urates. The sugar of diabetic urine is grape sugar (dextrose). Moore's Test. --Equal parts of urine and liquor potassae should be mixed in a tc-st-tul)e, and the upper portion of the fluid boiled. If sugar be present, the heated portion becomes reddish brown, dark brown, or black—according to the amount of sugar present.