Chemical examination of the urinary calculi in the Museum of the Medical Department of Transylvania University : with remarks on the relative frequency of calculus in Lexington, Ky., and the probable causes / by Robert Peter.

  • Peter, Robert, 1805-1894.
Date:
1846
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Credit: Chemical examination of the urinary calculi in the Museum of the Medical Department of Transylvania University : with remarks on the relative frequency of calculus in Lexington, Ky., and the probable causes / by Robert Peter. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHEMICAL EXAMINATION OF THE URINARY CALCULI, IN THE Museum of the Medical Department of Transylvania University. The specimens submitted to the examination were 81 in num- ber; of which 78 were from the human subject, having been, principally.removed by Dr. Dudley and Dr. J. M. Bush, in vari- ous operations of lithotomy and lithotrity; two are from the bladders of hogs, and one from that of a Jackass. My principal object in the investigation, was to ascertain what relation, in composition, is borne, by the calculi of this region, to those of other parts of the world, as far as statistical infor- mation on the subject can be obtained, and to endeavor to learn, what influence is exerted, in the production or composition of these troublesome concretions, by the use of the hard or limestone, water and the rich hog and homminy, or bacon and corn-bread, diet; so general among the mass of the in- habitants of the middle States, and especially in Kentucky. It is much to be regretted, that the number of calculi sub- mitted to examination is comparatively limited; representing but a very small proportion of the operations of Lithotomy, per- 1