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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    450 grammes. probably due to the hard work of the kitchen warders, causing him to drink much water (which he acknowledged). The water in the diet = 75 ounces. Do]T No 2.+beef =15 grammes Nitrogen daily: total in 30 days =....... Total UREA excreted in 30 days = 16,951 grains^ = 1098 grammes = of Nitrogen 512 grammes ; to which add 8 per cent. Nitro- gen, not estimated by the Hypo- bromite method. . (say) 41 ,, and also add 10 per cent. Nitrogen taken, and lost in the faeces (say) 45 The difference: 598 (Total grammes < Nitrogen ( excreted. 148 grammes, which multiplied by 30 gives the equivalent in FLESH, 4,440 grammes {i.e., about 9 lbs.) loss. Red blood corpuscles in c. mm.; and percentage of Haemoglobin. 1st Day. 16th Day afteh. 60th Day. 90th Day. 4,400,000 : 55% 3,600,000 : 55% 5,200,000 : 65% 4,000,000 : 60% See Chart for Urine and Urea lines. Engineer CASE XV. John W. Age 62. Height 5 ft. 7 in. Weight 9 st. 2 lbs. Organs healthy; looks ansemic ; has been an inmate, off and on, for the last six years ; acts as a hospital warder. Diet has always been No. 2 + beef. Slight increase in mic- turition, occasionally requires to rise at night since coming to Poorhouse. Diet No. 2 + Beef. Days. Oz. Urine. Sp. Gr. Grains Urea. Days. Oz. Urine. Sp. Gr. Grains Urea. 1 50 1018 250 14 60 1016 330 2 56 1015 280 15 70 1016 350 3 48 1015 240 16 70 1014 385 4 64 1017 416 17 80 1016 480 5 60 1015 420 18 80 1016 520 6 80 1015 400 19 75 1017 488 7 80 1013 460 20 80 1015 480 8 50 1015 225 21 80 1015 480 9 60 1018 360 22 75 1016 470 10 50 1012 338 23 80 1015 480 11 60 1013 270 24 90 1014 518 12 70 1015 332 25 80 1015 480 13 65 1015 325 26 80 1015 500 We ight 9 St. lOi lbs. =gain of 8 | lbs. 0