A letter on the differences in the structure of calculi, which arise from their being formed in different parts of the urinary passages; and on the effects that are produced upon them by the internal use of solvent medicines / from William Brande to Everard Home.

  • Brande, William Thomas, 1788-1866
Date:
1808
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Credit: A letter on the differences in the structure of calculi, which arise from their being formed in different parts of the urinary passages; and on the effects that are produced upon them by the internal use of solvent medicines / from William Brande to Everard Home. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    «r of uric acid, but the phosphates were deposited more rapidly than before. A gentleman, in whose urine the uric acid appears in a solid form, immediately after it is voided, has the same appearance in the urine, even when nine drachms of soda dis¬ solved in water, impregnated with carbonic acid, are taken in twenty-four hours ; so that in this instance the alkali does not even counteract the formation of uric acid. Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. Cleveland-row, St. James’s.