Contributions to the chemistry of the urine. Paper III / by Henry Bence Jones.

  • Jones, Bence, 1814-1873.
Date:
1849
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Credit: Contributions to the chemistry of the urine. Paper III / by Henry Bence Jones. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (33.) Experiment repeated. Spec. gr. Water passed at 1 p.m. clear 1018-9 Water parsed at 3 .1018-0 Water passed at 6 . 1025-6 Water passed at 11 filtered 1027'9 (34.) Experiment repeated. Water passed at 1 p.m. filtered 1023-0 Water passed at 3 clear . . lost Water passed at 6 clear . 10207 Water passed at 11 filtered . 1028-8 61^ grains of dry sulphur taken each day. Average of five days after') j 1027-1 dinner and rest ... . J Immediately before dinner) . f 1D after exercise J Sulphate of baryta. 6-81 grs. per 1000 grs. of urine. 6- 52 11-89 14-74 7‘99 7- 11 1515 14*01 grs. per 1000 grs. of urine. 8-69 Comparing this average of experiments 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, with the average of ex- periments 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, it is seen that the sulphates are positively increased in the urine when sulphur is taken into the stomach. III. (c.) (35.) Breakfast 9 a.m. Dinner at 6^ p.m. : at 1 p.m. 123^ grains of dry sulphate of potash were taken in 1^ ounce of distilled water. It did not act on the bowels. Spec. gr. Sulphate of baryta. Water passed at 1 p.m. clear 10177 3*03 grs. per 1000 grs. of urine. Water passed at 3 ... 1016-7 3-00 Water passed at 6* . . . 1020-8 6-65 Water passed at 10| . . . 1026-0 12*18 (36.) The same quantity of sulphate of potash taken at 11 a.m. Water passed at 1 p.m. clear 1020 2 3-17 Water passed at 3^ . . 1024’0 874 Water passed at 6^ . . 1024-2 12 51 Water passed at 10^ . . 1032-4 20-49 (37.) Experiment repeated. Water passed at 1 p.m. clear 1021-6 3’17 Water passed at 3 .. 1021-4 4*98 Water passed at 6 . . 1024-0 9'04 Water passed at 10^ filtered 1030-8 1572 Hence 123 grains of sulphate of potash began to increase the amount of sulphates in the urine from four to six hours after they were taken; and the effect was strongly marked from seven to twelve hours afterwards. In my next paper, on the sulphates in the urine in disease, many instances will be