Chemistry of urine : a practical guide to the analytical examination of diabetic albuminous, and gouty urine / Alfred H. Allen.

  • Allen, Alfred Henry, 1847-1904
Date:
1895
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Credit: Chemistry of urine : a practical guide to the analytical examination of diabetic albuminous, and gouty urine / Alfred H. Allen. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A CONSIDERABLE portion of tlie contents of this book was designed to form part of the concluding volume of my “ Commercial Organic Analysis.” Vol. III., Part 3rd, of that work deals mainly with substances of animal origin, and will complete the chief literary work of my life. But, of late, circumstances have led me to devote much attention to the chemical examination of urine, especially in relation to certain pathological conditions of great importance in Life Assurance reports, as well as in clinical diagnosis and prognosis. These examinations have caused me to investigate critically a large number of the analytical methods which are in vogue for the examination of urine, especially for sugar and albumin, and to confirm or disprove certain statements generally accepted as facts. The results of this extensive laboratory work may be of assistance to many interested in Urinary Analysis. Physicians who are called on to advise as to the acceptance or rejection of candidates for Life Assurance often find this duty very onerous. Prog- nosis with regard to patients who may be sufi’ering from glycosuria or albuminuria is a difficult and