The mineral waters of Vittel: grande source and Source Salee : their nature and uses.

  • Lassere, Edward.
Date:
[1912]
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Credit: The mineral waters of Vittel: grande source and Source Salee : their nature and uses. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University.

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    The following are the records: July 25th. Blood pressure 290 mm.; capillary reflux $l/2, pulse 58. July 30th. Blood pressure 240 mm.; capillary reflux 3l/2, pulse 58. August 5th. Blood pressure 245 mm.; capillary reflux 3l/2, pulse 58. August 10th. Blood pressure 240 mm.; capillary reflux 3 J/2, pulse 58. August 14th. Blood pressure 215 mm.; capillary reflux 3, pulse 62. This is a striking example of what can be done in reducing blood pressure in a hypertensionist of renal origin. Simultaneously with this his albumen fell from 1.80 grams per diem to 0.425 gram, or less than a quarter of what it was. Curiously his urea has somewhat augmented, but there has been a tre- mendously lixiviating effect on the uric acid, while the phosphaturia has dis- 160 150 140 130 120 110 Norma! 90 80 70 60 v. 2^ s. A. U. U. A C. P. A. — -f~ -— ~-C_ y /- — V _ _. ._ Case iv.—Mr. H. N. July 27th, 1910: Specific gravity 1018, Albumen 1.80 grams per twenty-four hours. True biliary pigments slight, but urobilin rather abundant, as also indican and scatol. Purins 0.802. Some rosettes of bicalcic phosphate, sodium urate, some crystals of uric acid, some leucocytes and epithelial cells. August 15th, 1910: Specific gravity 1022. Albumen 0.425 grams per twenty-four hours. Traces of reducible matters and of true biliary pigments. Indican and scatol marked. Purins 0.540. Some urates, uric acid, and a few leucocytes, v, Volume; s, solids; a, acidity; u, urea; u a, uric acid ; c, chlorides; p a, phosphorio acid. appeared. What the kidney lesion may be is doubtful. I have notes that in 1909 be had some cylindroids and kidney cells in the urine, but in 1910 we could find no trace of either. I have just seen the patient (April, 1911). His blood pressure has risen in part—245 mm., and also his pulse, 76—but he walked quickly uphill to my villa just after lunch. Case No. 5. Rev. J. W. R., aged 68. Blood pressure 165 mm.; capillary reflux 3; pulse 80; weight 83.580 kilos. Had psoriasis some years since. Has had nasal It .3 S3 ^■30 a_ S« X 140 130 120 HO Norma) 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 v. _a_ A u. U. A c. P. K~ .a 0 ** a 9 1-^ y- 6 9 *=£- ^r— 0 <& —^ Case v.—Rev. J. \V. R. August 13th, 1910: Specific gravity 1024.5. Glucose 10.35 grams per twenty-four hours. True biliary pigments sensible. Indican and scatol marked. Purins 0.391. Numerous crystals of uric acid in rosettes and isolated some leucocytes. August 22nd, 1910: Glucose 3.10 grams per litre after a meal. September 1st, 1910: Specific gravity 1028. Glucose nil. Faint traces of indican and scatol. Purins 0.319. Large and small crystals of uric acid. Very rare leucocytes. v, Volume; 8, solids; a, acidity; u, urea ; D a, uric acid; c, chlorides; p a, phosphoric acid. catarrh for many years, and lately bad rheumatism in arms and back. Last August had bronchitis. Is a moderate eater, his digestion is fairly good, but he has suffered from dyspepsia, for which he got much advantage from Burroughs, Wellcome and Co.'s laxative tabloids and y2 grain of calomel weekly. Has been a golfer for twenty years. He gets dripping wet from perspiration before the