Gout : its pathology and treatment / by Arthur P. Luff.

  • Arthur P. Luff
Date:
1898
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    whom granular disease of the kidneys was found at the post-mortem examination, and in connection with whom the previous history as to the occur- rence or not of gout was known. For this purpose I obtained the help of some of the pathologists at the London hospitals, who have kindly examined the joints in such cases whenever they were able to do so. I have collected altogether the results of 77 such examinations, for which I am indebted to the kindness of Dr. Cyril Ogle, Dr. F. J. Smith, Dr. Hebb, and Mr. Jackson Clarke. These 77 cases were all cases of granular kidney disease, and in 41 cases uratic deposits were found in one or more of the joints. The distribution of uratic deposits among the gouty and non-gouty cases is shown in the following table. TABLE II. Showing the 'results of the examinations of the joints of 11 eases of granular kidney disease. No. of cases. Uratic deposit in joint or joints. Known to have had g-out ... Never known to have had gout 10 67 10 31 Totals 77 41 In the 10 cases known to have had gout, uratic deposits were found in 0113 or more of the joints of all, and the kidney condition was in every case described as markedly granular or fairly granular. Among the 67 cases of granular kidney disease
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