On the analysis of the blood and urine, in health and disease : with directions for the analysis of urinary calculi / by G.O. Rees.

  • Rees, G. O. (George Owen), 1813-1889.
Date:
1836
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Credit: On the analysis of the blood and urine, in health and disease : with directions for the analysis of urinary calculi / by G.O. Rees. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ANALYSIS OF URINARY CALCULI. The examination of urinary calculi is very easily performed ; and it is surprising that so few of the medical profession are capable of con- ducting the analysis of substances so frequently presented to their notice, and whose varieties are so easily discriminated. We may divide into two classes the substances entering into the composition of calculi. Firstly, those whose texture and composition become destroyed by a red heat; and, secondly, those capable of resisting heat, and whose com- position remains unaltered after the action of that agent. The first class contains the following sub- stances : viz. Lithic acid. Lithate of ammonia. Oxalic acid (existing as oxalate). Albumenous animal matter. Dried blood. Cystine, or cystic oxide. Xanthic oxide