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

  • Roose, Robson, 1848-1905.
Date:
1885
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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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    CHAPTER III. THEORIES AS TO THE NATURE OF GOUT. Excessive Production of Uric Acid in Gout—Circumstances INFLUENCING THE EXCESS—FORMATION OF UREA AND URIC Acid by the Liver—Functions of the Liver—Tempera- ture of the Liver—Lith^emia due to Hepatic Derange- ments—Symptoms of the Uric Acid Diathesis—Frequent occurrence of temporary Albuminuria in Gouty Dyspepsia — Eczema as a Symptom of the Gouty Diathesis—Neurotic Theories of Gout—Views held by Dr. Dyce Duckworth, Dr. Meldon, Dr. E. Liveing, Sir J. Paget, Dr. Ord, and Dr. Latham — The Author’s Views. Towards the close of the preceding chapter I en- deavoured to show that defective diminution of uric acid is not sufficient to account for its undue accumu- lation in the blood in cases of gout. I now proceed to discuss another theory, viz., that of excessive pro- duction of uric acid in the system, a condition which is liable to occur under the following circumstances :— In the first place, albuminous constituents may be supplied in excess, and the surplus fails to become properly oxidized. In the second, the oxidizing pro-