An Index of Surgery (Volume 48); Being a Concise Classification of the Main Facts and Theories of Surgery, for the Use of Senior Students and Others (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Name.Characten.Causes.Symptoms.Treatment. Pus-corpuscles, underAbscess, ulceration, Those of theTreat the the microscope, areor merely catarrh of anycause.cause. spheroidal and granular. The pus generally sub-part of the urinary pas- sages. 1 . Pus from the sides as a dense layer ofkidneys is usually dif- a ' - pale greenish cream-fused throughout urine 4 color," which can bepassed. 2. Pus from I mixed thoroughly withbladder is mostly mixed the urine by shaking. Not- affected by aceticwith mucus. 3. Pus from an abscess is usu- acid. Forms a translu-ally var .able in quantity, cent jelly when liquorand not equally diffused. . potass. t is added. The urine is albuminous. 1 i Epithelial cells liningKidney disease. Ul-Those ofTreat cause.3 urinary passages. Seeceration or catarrh ofcause. to works on general Anat- bladder. 'f. omy. Often in form of casts. Fibrine is sometimes present in the form of flocculi. Or it may form fibrinous casts of the tubuli uriniferi. For information about casts, vide medical works on the kidney. Echinococcocysts are sometimes found in the urine. Give turpentine in large doses. The above table has been constructed chiefly with the aid of Thompson, Druitt, and Niemeyer. In cancer of the bladder cancer-cells and dobris are sometimes found in the urine. Calculi.?There are seven mineral substances of which urinary calculi may be formed. A calculus may consist of several of these materials in layers, or of one only. 1, Lithate of ammonia; 2, lithic or uric acid; 3, oxalate of lime; 4, xanthic or uric oxide; 5, cystic oxide; 6, phosphate of lime; 7, triple phosphate. For the causes of the presence of an abnormal amount of some of these substances in the urine, see table of urinary deposits. The nucleus or centre of each calculus may ...