On the urine of the insane : a contribution to urology / by Adam Addison.

  • Addison, Adam.
Date:
[1865]
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Credit: On the urine of the insane : a contribution to urology / by Adam Addison. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Here is another case of the same nature, but I have not yet had an opportuuity of examining the urine after recovery ;— XXV. Anne H., aged thirty-eight. Sept. 20-25.—Is much ex- cited and agitated, crying, wringing her hands, and walking restlessly up and down the corridors. She is a woman of large size, bodily con- dition fiiir; pulse 103. Attempted to steal a knife, and has scratched her throat with a needle. Days. Quantity. Sp. gr. CI Na. Urea. PO5. SO3. 1 50-0 oz. 1030 80-20 926-00 70-00 62-86 2 15-5 1033 31-64 334-54 26-09 11-59 3 16-0 1033 25-66 331-33 21*00 14-96 4 37-5 1030 54-68 612-50 53-12 29-06 5 28-5 1025 37-46 324-12 29-15 12-79 Aver. 29-5 1030 45-92 505-69 39-93 26-25 It will be seen that in this case, on the first day, all the constituents of the urine are in large quantity. The phosphoric acid in particular is large; but, as in the other cases where I have had occasion to notice this, on the succeeding day it falls to less than half the amount. Judging from the woman's size, I am satisfied that in the normal state and in robust health she will excrete more than an average of 39 grains of phosphoric acid. The following cases of monomania of fear may also be grouped with the melancholic :— XXYI. Isabella C, aged fifty-four; weighs 147 lbs.—Perpetually in low spirits, crying, and pricking her hands; expresses a dread of being killed. Days. Quantity. Sp.gr. ClNa. Urea. SO3. In 24 hours 1 lb. excretes in grs. 1 2 3 41-5 oz. 39-5 49-0 1013 1015 1012 18-15 34-56 28-58 254-18 334-10 271-54 20-06 23-70 15-26 12-42 17-73 8-80 CI Na Urea SO, 0- 184 1- 949 0-133 0-090 Aver. 43-3 1013 27-09 286-60 19-67 12-98 The next case presents a comparison of the paroxysmal and chronic conditions of monomania of fear. XXVII. Catherine M., aged twenty-eight. March 17-20. Rest- less and agitated; trembling from dread of being put to death; skin cold, pulse 94; bodily condition fair.