Volume 2

Animal chemistry with reference to the physiology and pathology of man / by J. Franz Simon ; translated and edited by George E. Day.

  • Johann Franz Simon
Date:
1845
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Credit: Animal chemistry with reference to the physiology and pathology of man / by J. Franz Simon ; translated and edited by George E. Day. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    1st Analysis: 7'06 grs. gave—of 110 5'05 or 11 7'95g, CO^ 13‘72 or C 53'OOg. 2d Analysis : 6-62 grs. gave—of HO 4-77 or II 8-OOg, CO^ 12-93 or C 53-27g. Incineration : 16-81 grs. gave—of ash 2-96, or 17-60g. Mean—C . . . 53-09 II . . . 7-97 , N&O . . 21-34 Ash . . . 17-60 5. “ Faeces of a man (Roberts)^ between 30 and 40 years, labouring under diabetes of some standing. Diet, exclusive!}’’ animal, with the exception of a small quantity of bread. 1st Analysis : 4-53 grs. gave—HO 3-07 or H 7-53g, COj 7-64 or C 45-99g. 2d Analysis: 5-33 grs. gave—HO 3-67 or H 7-65|, CO^ 8-92 or C 45-64g. Incineration : 50-84 grs. gave—of ash 10-77, or 21-18g. Mean—C . . . 45-81 H . . . 7-59 N&O . . 25-42 Ash . . 21-18 6. “ Faeces of the same individual, some weeks afterwards, while on a mixed diet. At this time also he was much emaciated and exhausted, in consequence probably of having been obliged to work, and to subsist on a mixed diet. 1 100-00 1 100-00 1st Analysis: 5-13 grs. gave—of HO 3-36 or H 7-28g, CO, 8-63 or C 45-88g. 2d Analysis : 4-86 grs. gave—of HO 3-18 or H 7-27g, CO, 8-21 or C 46-07g. Incineration : 32-31 grs. gave—of ash 7-14, or 22-lOg. Mean—C . 45-97 II . 7-27 N&O . 24-66 Ash . . 22-10 100-00 ] In dysentery the stools are thin, contain flocculent mucus, and are either almost colourless or milky, (dysenter. catarrh.) or they are coloured red by blood (dysenter. inflammat.). Ac- cording to Schdnlein they possess a peculiar smell quite cha- racteristie of the disease. On examining the white or slightly coloured mucous fluid under the microscope, we observe numerous mucus-coi’puscles floating about in it: the red, sanguineous discharges also con- tain an extraordinary number of mucus-corpuscles, numerous blood-corpuscles, but no (or very few) epithelium-scales. We sometimes And pseudo-membranous portions of exuded plastic lymph mixed with the stools, especially in the most in- flammatory forms of the disease. ‘ Roberts’s case has been pubUshed in the Medical Gazette. He has since died, .and the sequel will shortly appear, together with the cases of the child affected with diabetes, and of the other patient Flint.