Observations on the nature and cure of dropsies : and particularly on the presence of the coagulable part of the blood in dropsical urine; to which is added, An appendix, containing several cases of angina pectoris, with dissections, &c. / By John Blackall.

  • Blackall, John, 1771-1860.
Date:
1813
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Credit: Observations on the nature and cure of dropsies : and particularly on the presence of the coagulable part of the blood in dropsical urine; to which is added, An appendix, containing several cases of angina pectoris, with dissections, &c. / By John Blackall. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    facts of great utility in the healing art, and that a solution of tan will supply the means of distinguishing them. These remarks, valuable as they are, do not, however, apply to any particular disor- der ; and they refer more to the presence of an animal matter, detected by infusion of galls, than of albumen, as precipitated by less than the boiling heat. They come, however, from such high authorities, andt are so nearly connected with my subject, that no apology can be necessary for insert- ing them in this place. Mr. Cruickshank, in his appendix to Dr. Rollo's excellent work on diabetes, notices the serous urine more precisely than any other author has done.* He asserts, that it is a symptom of gene- ral dropsy, that sometimes this discharge differs but little from serum of the blood ; and that he has known a patient carried off by it in a few weeks. * See Appendix to Rollo on Diabetes, p. 447 and 448,