On the nature and treatment of stomach and urinary diseases : being an enquiry into the connexion of diabetes, calculus, and other affections of the kidney and bladder, with indigestion / [William Prout].

  • William Prout
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1840
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    APPENDIX. Table II—Observations. In this table the urinary calculi contained in the museums of Bar- tholomew's* and Guy's Hospitals-]- in London, and of the provincial hospitals of Norwich,^ Manchester,§ and Bristol,|| are contrasted with the calculi existing in Swabia in Germany,^ and in Copenhagen** in Denmark. The data here collected are too limited to throw much light on the relative prevalence of calculous affections in different parts of England, much less in England as compared with the different countries of Europe; yet in other points of view, and particularly in demonstrating the relative prevalence of the different species of cal- culi, and the order of the succession of the different layers of which calculi are composed, &c., they are highly interesting and important. In this table, the whole of the data comprising the analyses of 1520 calculi, are collected into one point of view, under the general heads • The calculi in the museum of Bartholomew's Hospital have been recently and carefully examined by Mr. Taylor, who has published an account of his analyses in the Medical Gazette, vol. xxii. p. 189, from which these data are taken. t The analyses here given are by the late Dr. Marcet. (See his work on Calcu- lous Disorders, page 107, first edition.) At the time he examined them, many of the calculi do not seem to have been divided ; so that the analyses are less satisfac- tory than could be desired. This collection, which has'been doubtless much in- creased since Dr. M.'s time, deserves to be carefully re-examined. t The analyses of the Norwich calculi were made by Dr. Yellowly, and are most elaborate and complete. See Philos. Transactions, 1829—30, pages 55 and 415. § The analyses of the Manchester calculi were made by the late Dr. Henry. Med. Chirurg. Trans, vol. x. p. 127. 11 The Bristol collection was analysed by Mr. R. Smith. Med. Chirurg. Trans, vol. xi. % The analyses here given were made by Rapp. See W. Rapp iiber Harnsteine in Naturwissenchaftliche Abhandlungen. Tiibingen, 1826, 1. 1. page 133, et seq. I have not seen this work, but have copied the analyses from an Essay or Thesis De Lithogenesi prxsertim Urinaria ; auct. Eduard. Arnold. Martin. Jena2,1833. ** From a Thesis De Chemicis Calculorum Vesicariorum Rationibus, auct. Eduard. Aug. Scarling, Hauniae, 1839. See British and Foreign Medical Review, vol. ix.p. 360. This is a very excellent essay on the subject. The analyses of a portion of the calculi in the Hunterian Museum, by Mr. Brande, formerly given, have been omitted, as the whole of that splendid collection has been now examined by Mr. Taylor. Mr. T.'s results are not yet published.