On bedside urine-testing : a clinical guide to the observation of urine in the course of work / by Geo. Oliver.

Date:
1885
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    Chap. I.] OIL GLOBULES.33 The clinical significance of blood.—Blood may proceed from any part of the urinary apparatus—from the tubuli uriniferi to the urethra. The principal causes of urinary haemorrhage may be classified thus : Traumatic. External injury. Renal calculi. Diminu- tive concretions in tubuli uriniferi. Morbid Growths. S-c. Cancer. Tubercle. Parasites. Fungoid growth (bladder). Varicose veins (bladder). Renal Congestion, cS-c. Passive (heart disease). Active (acute nephritis, effects of turpentine, cantharides). Chronic Bright's disease (blood in microscopic proportions as a rule). Symptdmatic. Hemoglobinuria. Purpura. Scurvy. Malaria. Eruptive fevers, &c. Vicarious. Menstrual. (c) Oil-globules—Urine containing particles or globules of fatty matter presents a milky appearance, always contains albumin, and often blood (then the urine has a slight rose tint), peptones, and sugar. Chyluria is the principal clinical example of this kind of urine ; the characteristic feature of it is a fibrinous clot, which rises to the surface, forming there a white or pinkish jelly-like layer, and leaving the urine below still