Syllabus of the Lettsomian lectures on medicine / appointed to be delivered by J.L.W. Thudichum.

  • Thudichum, J. L. W. (John Louis William), 1829-1901.
Date:
[1864]
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Credit: Syllabus of the Lettsomian lectures on medicine / appointed to be delivered by J.L.W. Thudichum. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In the great majority of diseases—clans. The variation of the ingredients of the urine is more quantitative than qualitative. The final issue of acute processes of disease as appearing in the urinary products is specifically not different from the process of health. 2nd class. Diseases in which a portion of the pro- cess of health is maintained, another not, abnormal sub- stances appearing in the urine. Diabetes. Alcaptone disease. Lipaemia and liporotic urine; hematic and bilious urine. Oxaluria. Zrd class. Diseases in which the disintegration of albumen becomes altogether changed, and all ingredients of urine are abnormal. Malignant jaundice. Illustration of these three classes by three curved lines, compared to health as a straight line. Intermediate products and processes to be found in the body, and to be studied. Manner of doing so. Ath class. Composed of diseases of the tissues of the kidneys. Albumin- uria. Chromic acid test, portable, and better than nitric acid or boilino; test. Serous urine. Distinction of urines charac- terizing special kidney diseases. Purulent urine. Ditto fol- lowed by alkalinity—e. g., in typhus. Calculi of triple phos- phate under those circumstances. One class have prominent abnormal admixtures; another, gout and dropsy, show more retention, while all show some retention of normal excretory products, bth class. Diseases in which the relations of the ingredients of the urine are changed within the urinary pas- sages. Uric acid calculus. Oxalate of lime calculus. Xanthine, calculus. Phosphatic calculus in purulent kidney. Ammo- niacal urine in diseases of urinary organs. Stricture of urethra and ureter; sacculated bladder. Calculus of urates. Question whether oxalate of lime diathesis is not a disease of the blood. LECTURE III. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7th, 8 p.m. ON THE TREATMENT OF URINARY DISEASES, SO-CALLED. Kidney diseases (4th class). Acute forms. Removal of pro- minent symptoms. Dropsy. Purging to be avoided. Chronic forms. No direct treatment of the kidney-lesion. Two symp- toms, dropsy and uraemia. Various forms illustrated by cases. One form fatal by dropsy, another more commonly by uraemia and head symptoms. Cytostasis. Treatment of dropsy by diaphoresis. Treatment of uraemia by diaphoresis and alka- lies. Periodic dangers of kidney patients. Sudden rise in