[Nephritin / Laboratories of Reed & Carnrick].

  • Reed & Carnrick.
Date:
[between 1900 and 1999?]
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Credit: [Nephritin / Laboratories of Reed & Carnrick]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    URIC ACID CRYSTALS. URIC acid crystals are frequently found in the urine of persons who are in perfect health, especially when the urine is concentrated or unusually acid. They may be the result of a hearty meat diet or faulty digestion, or where the oxidizing power of the system is seriously impaired. They are also found in the urine of gouty indi¬ viduals and in cases of the so-called Uric Acid Diathesis. When found in abundance, they are spoken of as gravel or uric acid sand, and in some cases may cause renal calculi. When found in great abundance, careful examination should be made to see whether the kidney has been at all irritated by them, or whether they may be secondary to some form of Nephritis. NEPHRI TIN has but little effect upon the uric acid crystals, but when there is a Nephritis present, NEPHRI- TIN should be used, its dosage being governed by the character of the disease found.