A manual of medical diagnosis / by A.W. Barclay.

  • Barclay, A. W., 1817-1884.
Date:
1857
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Credit: A manual of medical diagnosis / by A.W. Barclay. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    order of Liver—§ 5, Gall-stones—their Diagnosis—Diseases with • which they may be confounded. i|iv. II.—Diseases of Spleen—Change of Structure—Enlargement, 'iiv. III.—Disease of the Pancreas—Scirrhus . . pp. 487—501 CHAPTER XXX. EXAMINATION OF THE URINE. veneral Considerations—Analysis—Ordinary Tests.—§ 1, Acidity 1 and Alkalescence—Fixed Alkali—Volatile Alkali—§ 2, Specific Gravity—3, General Appearance—[a) Transparent—Deep- I coloured—Limpid—Coloured with Bile—(h) Opaque—White— Dark-coloured—§ 4, Sediments—(a) Chemical Relations—(I) : Soluble by Heat—(2) Insoluble—(3) Soluble in Nitric Acid—not in Hydrochloric—G) Soluble in Liquor Potassaj—(5) Partly I soluble by Heat—{h) Jlicroscopical Appearances—Organic Bodies —(1) Blood-globules—(2) Pus and Jlucus-globules—(3) Epithe- lium—(4) Tubular Casts—(5) Vibriones—-(6) Spermatozoa— Crystalline Substances—(1) O.xalate of Lime—(2) Uric Acid— (3) Triple Phosphate—n, The Urine free from Deposit—(a) Albumen—Test by Acid—by Heat—Sources of Fallacy—(6) ; Sugar—Test by Liquor Potassoo—by Salts of Copper—Specific Gi'avity—{c) Urea—Table of Chemical Relations pp. 502—523 CHAPTER XXXI. DISEASES OF THE URINARY ORGANS. 11, Nephritis and Nephralgia—after Exposure—from Scarlatina —from Calculus—Symptoms—Diseases with which they may be I confounded—§ 2, Abscess—Modes of Discharge—in the Loins —by the Bowels—with the Urine—distinguished from Catarrh of the Bladder—3, Ischuria—Distinguished from Retention— its Causes-—§ 4, Albuminuria—its Meaning—Origin—Symp- toms—Characters of the Urine indicating Disease of the Kid- I uey—low Specific Gravity—abundant Precipitate of Albumen —Permanent Albuminuria—with or without Drop.sy—Transient Albuminuria—Hmmaturia—§ 5, Diuresis—^ 6, Cystiti.s—from Distension—from Calculus—Catarrh—Ropy Mucus—§ 7, Dia- 1 betes—General Symptoms—^ 8, Disordered Function—Excess or I Deficiency of Water—Deposits—Uric Acid—Phosidiates—Alka- 1 lescence and Acidity—Urea—Oxalate of Lime—Relations of Dis- i ease of the Kidney 504 543 CHAPTER XXXII. DISEASES OF THE OVARIES. eneral Considerations—Ovaritis — Oliscure Origin of Disease of I the Ovaries—Associations. —I, Ovarian Dropsy—Resemblance to Ascites—Distinguishing Characters—Principles of Diagnosis § 2, Tumours—Varietie.s—known by their Pelvic Attachments t distinguishedfromPreguancy—Digital Examination pp. 544—550