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Excerpt from Manual of Chemical Examination of the Urine in Disease: With Brief Directions for the Examination of the Most Common Varieties of Urinary Calculi
The importance of urinary examinations, in their bearing upon diagnosis, treatment, and prog nosis in disease, is now admitted by all who have kept pace with the progress of medical science dur ing the last twenty-five or thirty years. Even if we except the examinations for sugar and for albu men, there are many conditions of the urine, involv ing either a modification in the proportion of its normal constituents or the presence of abnormal principles, which it is very important to recognize.
With regard to certain abnormal principles that may exist in the urine, it is essential to the prac tical physician, not only to be able to recognize their presence by Simple and reliable tests, but, in many instances, to estimate their quantity. In dia betes mellitus, a knowledge of the fact that sugar exists in the urine is a necessary element in the diagnosis; and the influence of dietetic and other measures of treatment, in most cases, is Speedily and certainly indicated by the modifications in the pro portion of sugar in the urine. Indeed, it is impossible to treat this affection intelligently without estimat ing from time to time the quantity of sugar dis barged by the kidneys. Albuminuria, which is so prominent a symptom in certain diseases of the kid neys that it is often spoken of as if it were in itself a disease, is a condition which must be recognized in the diagnosis of these disorders. It frequently hap pens that the presence of albumen in the urine is the first positive indication of a pathological condition of the kidneys, and this single fact directs the atten tion of the physician to an entire class of impor tant diseases.
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Excerpt from Manual of Chemical Examination of the Urine in Disease: With Brief Directions for the Examination of the Most Common Varieties of Urinary Calculi
The importance of urinary examinations, in their bearing upon diagnosis, treatment, and prog nosis in disease, is now admitted by all who have kept pace with the progress of medical science dur ing the last twenty-five or thirty years. Even if we except the examinations for sugar and for albu men, there are many conditions of the urine, involv ing either a modification in the proportion of its normal constituents or the presence of abnormal principles, which it is very important to recognize.
With regard to certain abnormal principles that may exist in the urine, it is essential to the prac tical physician, not only to be able to recognize their presence by Simple and reliable tests, but, in many instances, to estimate their quantity. In dia betes mellitus, a knowledge of the fact that sugar exists in the urine is a necessary element in the diagnosis; and the influence of dietetic and other measures of treatment, in most cases, is Speedily and certainly indicated by the modifications in the pro portion of sugar in the urine. Indeed, it is impossible to treat this affection intelligently without estimat ing from time to time the quantity of sugar dis barged by the kidneys. Albuminuria, which is so prominent a symptom in certain diseases of the kid neys that it is often spoken of as if it were in itself a disease, is a condition which must be recognized in the diagnosis of these disorders. It frequently hap pens that the presence of albumen in the urine is the first positive indication of a pathological condition of the kidneys, and this single fact directs the atten tion of the physician to an entire class of impor tant diseases.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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