Manual of differential medical diagnosis / by Condict W. Cutler.

  • Cutler, Condict W. (Condict Walker), 1859-1930.
Date:
1887
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Credit: Manual of differential medical diagnosis / by Condict W. Cutler. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    NAME OF DISEASE. Acute Bright's. 4. Albumen large in amount. 5. But little pus and mucus in urine. 6. Urine bloody. 7. Casts in urine. 8. Dropsy. 9. Constitutional marked. symptoms well DISEASES TO BE DIFFERENTIATED. Acute Cystitis. 4. But little albumen in urine. 5. Much ropy pus and mucus in urine. 6. Bloody urine uncommon. 7. No casts in urine. 8. No general oedema. 9. Less severe constitutional disturb- ances. Acute Bright's. Chronic Bright's. See Chronic Bright*s, pages 94, 95, 96. Large White Kidney. (Chronic Bright's.) 1. Usually the result of acute Bright's. 2. Heart hypertrophied. 3. Urine normal, or slightly increased in amount. 4. Casts—^hyaline, granular, and epi- thelial. 5. Specific gravity of urine dimin- ished. 6. No blood in urine. 7. Temperature normal. Large White Kidney. 1. Dropsy well marked. 2. Most common in young adults. 3. Amount of urine normal, or slightly increased. 4. Epistaxis and retinitis uncommon. 5. Specific gravity of urine, loio- 1018. Acute Bright's. 1. Usually the result of exposure to cold or some acute disease. 2. Heart normal. 3. Urine diminished in amount. 4. Blood and a few hyaline casts in urine. 5. Specific gravity of urine increased. 6. Urine bloody. 7. Temperature elevated. Cirrhotic or Atrophied Kidney. 1. Little or no general oedema. 2. The nephritis of adults. 3. Amount of urine greatly in- creased. 4. Epistaxis and retinitis common. 5. Urine low specific gravity, 1005- lOIO.