Clinical diagnosis : the bacteriological, chemical, and microscopical evidence of disease . Fig. 129.—Crystals of Urate of Ammonium, Sediment in Alkaline Fermentation (eye-piece II.,objective 8a, Reichert). 5. Cholesterin.—Crystals of cholesterin are very rarely to be seen inthe urinary sediment. The author has observed them but once, andthat was in the case of a man who suffered from tabes and cystitis. Thecholesterin took forty-eight hours to deposit in crystals. The urinewhen freshly voided had a slightly acid reaction, was turbid, and whenshaken, a great number of scaly particles could be
Clinical diagnosis : the bacteriological, chemical, and microscopical evidence of disease . Fig. 129.—Crystals of Urate of Ammonium, Sediment in Alkaline Fermentation (eye-piece II.,objective 8a, Reichert). 5. Cholesterin.—Crystals of cholesterin are very rarely to be seen inthe urinary sediment. The author has observed them but once, andthat was in the case of a man who suffered from tabes and cystitis. Thecholesterin took forty-eight hours to deposit in crystals. The urinewhen freshly voided had a slightly acid reaction, was turbid, and whenshaken, a great number of scaly particles could be seen in it with thenaked eye (fig. 130). A. Glins/riU2 quotes a similar Fig. 130.—Cholesterin Crystals from a Sediment in a case of Tabes and Cystitis ; crystallisedfrom setlier and alcohol (eye-piece II., objective 8a, Reichert). (&.) Amorphous Deposits. 1. The large, dark-coloured, spherical bodies represented in fig. 129consist of urate of ammonia. They are distinguished by their solubilityin acetic and phosphoric acids, with the simultaneous deposit of rhombictables of uric acid. 2. Larger or smaller particles, which dissolve in acetic acid withoutthe evolution of gas : basic plwsphatic earths. T 29O THE URINE 3. Particles of varying size, which, are soluble in acetic acid with theevolution of gas : carbonates of the alkaline earths. 4. Dumb-bell-shaped masses and coarsely granular concretions, dis-solving in acetic acid with the evolution of gas : carbonate of lime (fig- 131)- 5. Indigo. (See fig. 128.) III. Urinary Concretions. Concretions of considerable size are occasionally to be seen with thenaked eye in the urine (urinary sand). They cons
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