A contribution to urology, embracing observations on the diurnal variations in the acidity of the urine, chiefly in relation to food / by William Roberts, B.A.

  • Roberts, William, Sir, 1830-1899.
Date:
[1859]
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Credit: A contribution to urology, embracing observations on the diurnal variations in the acidity of the urine, chiefly in relation to food / by William Roberts, B.A. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    It is seen by Tables V., VI. and VII. that moderate use of malt liquor did not perceptibly affect the results. A supper of meat and bread with a pint of ale had not the power of lowering the acidity of the night urine; on the contrary, the discharge of acid per hour was considerably above the average in Table III. for the nights on which no supper was taken; and the acidity per 1000 was at least as high as the general average. The effect of breakfast was decidedly less when a meat supper had been taken the night before. In Table VTII. may be recognized a very unsusceptible day—more so than any met with during the whole course of the observations. 2. The Effects of purely Vegetable Food. Two sets of observations were made with a view of ascertaining how far a diet exclusively composed of vege- table matters (excluding sweet and subacid fruits) affected the reaction of the urine. In the First Set, which included four days, there was always taken a hearty supper of mixed food the night before. Only two of the days were consecutive, the others alternated with days on which a purely animal or a mixed diet was used. The observations extended from seven in the morning until about eleven at night.