Diuretin-Knoll as a diuretic : reports on clinical experiments / Knoll & Co., manufacturing chemists.

  • Knoll AG (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany)
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[1891]
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Credit: Diuretin-Knoll as a diuretic : reports on clinical experiments / Knoll & Co., manufacturing chemists. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    As an example of the action of Diuretin in chronic nephritis, the following clinical histories may be cited; they show how prompt and effective the action of the remedy is and may simultaneously illustrate the inferior virtue of the other diuretics. G. T., furrier, 28 years, dates his illness from eight weeks back, and ascribes it to a cold; his face and extremities began to get swollen. This condition lasted three weeks and the oedema disappeared. Symptoms recurred four weeks before he came under observation. Present condition: Delicate frame fairly well nourished. Face oede- matous, radial artery very tense, second aortal sound accentuated. Left ventricle hypertrophied. Quantity of urine @00, 700, 500 ccm. In the sediment granulated and hyaline casts. Date Therapy Urine ccm. P. K. Blood pressure Remarks 8-/9. Diuret.l1^ drms. 800 84 28 100 Some fluid motions 9. » 1000 80 24 100 Headache, once sickness 10. » 2000 90 20 115 Subjective well-being 11. » 2500 80 24 120 Oedema in face less 12. * 1800 80 24 115 — 13. 3300 80 24 130 — 14./9 » 3500 90 24 130 Oedema decreasing 15. » 3000 90 24 130 16. » 1200 90 24 130 A firm stool daily 17. Inf. digit. 1000 72 18 125 — 18. » 950 72 18 120 _ 19. Dec. ononid. spin, c. liq. kali acet 1000 72 18 120 — 20. 800 72 18 120 Patient feels unwell 21. » 900 72 18 110 Oedema increasing 22. Diuretin 1000 80 24 110 _ 23. » 2500 80 24 115 _ 24. 1800 80 25 125 Oedema gone. 25. Discharged setter