Gout, and its relations to diseases of the liver and kidneys / by Robson Roose.

Date:
1888
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Credit: Gout, and its relations to diseases of the liver and kidneys / by Robson Roose. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    VARIOUS CHAN an S IN BLOOD AND UHINE. g remarkably from rheumatism); in chronic gout there is considerable diminution and more or less anaemia. 3. In acute gout the fibrin is increased; the clots are bufFy. 3. In chronic gout the albumen of the blood is diminished, if there be any disease of the kidneys, and in such case the blood contains an increased amount of urea. .4. The alkalinity of the blood is diminished, a con- dition which seems to favour the production of chalky deposits. 5. The blood sometimes contains traces of oxalic acid. It is evident from the foregoing statements, that while ■excess of uric acid is the most prominent and charac- teristic change in the blood in gout, other alterations, more or less important, are frequently present. The condition of the urine in gouty subjects exhibits several points of interest, which may be thus briefly enumerated. During acute attacks the secretion is scanty and high-coloured, but it contains less than the normal quantity of uric acid; perhaps only two grains, instead of seven or eight, are excreted in the