Some effects of certain diets upon excretion by the kidneys and upon the blood / by R.S. Aitchison.
- Date:
- 1896
Licence: Public Domain Mark
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 Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
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![Here he was placed on third diet. Weight 9 st. 3J lbs. Days. Oz. Urine. Sp. Gr. Grains Urea. Days. Oz. Urine. Sp. Gr: Grain Urea. 15 60 1023 390 18 90 1015 450 16 80 1020 460 19 90 1016 405 17 90 1015 450 20 80 1015 400 Weight now 9 st. 3 lbs. Grammes Nitrogen taken = 148 76-4 106-8 i j Grains Urea excreted = 6893 1928 2555 equals Grammes 446 124 165 equiv. to Nitrogen 208 57 77 + non-estimated by Hypobrom. = 16 4 6 + lost in fajces . ... 14 7 9 Total “ Output ” = 238 a 68 92 The difference = = ’ 90 84 14-8 loss. gain. gain. See Chart for Urine and Urea lines. CASE XLI. R. M. (male). Same R. M., Case No. XVI. Working as a Warder in Hospital; placed on (l) No. 1 diet, then (2) supplied with the following diet, viz. :—porridge and skimmed milk (breakfast and supper). Bread, beef, and suet pudding (1 ounce suet, 3 ounces flour), and (3) the beef exchanged for broth. Working as a Warder. Weight at beginnings 10 st. Diet No. 1. Days. Oz. Urine. Sp. Gr. Grains Urea. Days. Oz. Urine. Sp. Gr. Grains Urea. 1 80 1015 420 6 100 1015 500 2 85 1020 638 7 no 1015 500 3 80 1018 520 8 100 .1015 500 4 85 1019 595 9 no 1020 605 5 90 1015 585 Here the second diet mentioned above was given. Weight now 9 st. 11 J ]bs. 10 60 1022 480 12 75 1020 525 11 60 1026 630 13 70 1020 455 Here the beef was exchanged for broth. Weight 10 st. 2| lbs. O T](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2197617x_0092.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
