An inquiry into the nature and treatment of diabetes, calculus, and other affections of the urinary organs : with remarks on the importance of attending to the state of the urine in organic diseases of the kidney and bladder: and some practical rules for determining the nature of the disease from the sensible and chemical properties of that secretion / by William Prout.
- William Prout
- Date:
- 1826
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Credit: An inquiry into the nature and treatment of diabetes, calculus, and other affections of the urinary organs : with remarks on the importance of attending to the state of the urine in organic diseases of the kidney and bladder: and some practical rules for determining the nature of the disease from the sensible and chemical properties of that secretion / by William Prout. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![that originally drew my attention to this disease, was that oi a gentleman ahout forty years of age, whose general appear avce and constitutional habits coincided precisely with thos< sibov* detailed. He had been subject to the complaint a con- siderable time, but latterly it had much increased, and he had now a very frequent desire to pass water, especially whei under the influence of mental agitation, or when exposed ti the cold air. The urine was generally of a brown porter co^ lour, and not much more abundant than natural. The spe cific gravity of the specimen I examined was 1.0237. In this specimen the urea was most strikingly abundant, and there was also a little lateritious sediment. Occasionally he in- formed me that he passed urine of a very pale colour, an«3 in this case it was more abundant, and was probably of mud less specific gravity. He had no thirst, and the functions oi the skin appeared to be natural. He had lately, however, recovered from a slight feverish attack, and he felt occasion- ally some slight pain in the region of the liver : the tongue was also slightly furred and the bowels rather irregular. From the presence of these latter symptoms I drew the con- clusion that the affection in question was connected with some derangements of the functions of the liver, and of the general health, and accordingly ordered him mercury in alterative doses, with purgatives and the other means usually had re- course to on such occasions. About a month afterwards ] saw him again. The urine was now free from sediment, and its specific gravity was reduced to 1.019; but it still exhibit- ed the same brown colour, and the same great excess of urea,: as before; and though his general health was evidently proved, the urinary complaint was in no degree diminished. He was now ordered a bitter infusion, containing potash and opium, and to keep his bowels regular by the occasional of the alterative laxative pills previously prescribed, tinder](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21036718_0061.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
