Some effects of certain diets upon excretion by the kidneys and upon the blood / by R.S. Aitchison.

  • Aitchison, Robert Swan.
Date:
1896
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Credit: Some effects of certain diets upon excretion by the kidneys and upon the blood / by R.S. Aitchison. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    The few extras ordered on the day of the does not materially affect the nitrogen taken. Diet No. 1 (no beef) = 14-8 grammes Nitrogen daily : total ill 31 days= ....... Total UREA excreted in 31 days = 17,351 grains' = 1,124 gramraes = of Nitrogen 524 grammes; to which add 8 per cent. Nitro- gen, not estimated by the Hypo- bromite method. . (say) 42 „ and also add 10 per cent. Nitrogen taken, and lost in the ague attack, 458-8 grammes. ffeces (say) 45 ( Total grammes 611 < Nitrogen I excreted. The difference = 152-2 grammes, which multiplied by 30 gives the equivalent in FLESH, 4,566 grammes {i.e., about 10 lbs.) loss. Red blood corpuscles in c. mm.; and percentage of Haemoglobin. 1st Day. 2'2ni) Day. 32ni) Day. 87th Day. 5,200,000 : 100% 4,400,000 : 70% 4,800,000 : 75% 4,000,000 : 60% See Chart for Urine and Urea lines. CASE V. P. C. (male). Age 34. Height 5 ft. 6 in. Weight iOst. 7h lbs. An inmate for 8 months on No. 1 diet. House painter. Has to rise frequently every night to micturite : did not do so outside. Diet still No. 1.—No Work. Days. Oz. Uriue. Sp. Gr. Graius Urea. Days. Oz. Urine. Sp. Gr. Grains Urea. 1 75 1015 450 17 110 1020 633 2 70 1017 455 18 100 1015 375 3 75 1022 488 19 100 1015 450 4 100 1017 350 20 100 1014 450 5 100 1013 325 21 100 1015 425 6 90 1019 540 22 100 1017 600 7 85 1017 637 23 100 1015 450 8 100 1012 400 24 100 1015 425 9 95 1020 665 25 100 1018 525 10 100 1022 600 26 90 1020 563 11 100 1020 600 27 100 1015 450 12 95 1018 6G5 28 100 1012 450 13 100 1015 375 29 120 1012 510 14 100 1015 450 30 100 1012 325 15 80 1015 320 31 120 1012 480 16 100 1013 450 Weight now 10 st. 6-^ f lbs. — loss of 1] lbs.