Archive image from page 497 of The cyclopædia of anatomy and. The cyclopædia of anatomy and physiology cyclopdiaofana0402todd Year: 1849 J2S2 URINE. of morbid change in important organs, from such as may merely be the results of actions occurring in perfect health, and consistent with its preservation. Many pathological conditions of the urine are indeed closely simulated by the unim- portant changes to which I have alluded. Thus the urine of diabetes insipidus, often a most severe and unmanageable disease, can scarcely be distinguished from that occasionally secreted by healthy persons expos
Archive image from page 497 of The cyclopædia of anatomy and. The cyclopædia of anatomy and physiology cyclopdiaofana0402todd Year: 1849 J2S2 URINE. of morbid change in important organs, from such as may merely be the results of actions occurring in perfect health, and consistent with its preservation. Many pathological conditions of the urine are indeed closely simulated by the unim- portant changes to which I have alluded. Thus the urine of diabetes insipidus, often a most severe and unmanageable disease, can scarcely be distinguished from that occasionally secreted by healthy persons exposed to cold or moisture, or both, without sufficient exer- cise to maintain the full amount of cutaneous exhalation. Such a specimen, were it ex- amined carelessly, or allowed to guide the judgment without due attention to con- comitant circumstances and previous history, might lead (and I may say has led) to mis- takes both injurious to the patient and vexa- tious to the practitioner. In studying the pathology of the urine, it is also especially important that we should not give undue regard to chemistry, nor be led astray by theories and generalisations such as that fascinating science so constantly would tempt us to enter upon. It must be remembered that in most cases chemistry as yet only assists us in the detection of symp- toms, and in the present state of our know- ledge can only thus far serve us, but must fail as a guide to a true knowledge of diseased action or appropriate methods of treatment. This consideration, however, is far from de- pressing to those who regard the subject in a truly philosophical spirit; for be it remem- bered that when we have detected sugar or albumen in the urine, and when the modes of examination are rendered both easy and exact by chemical labour, we have reaped' a most va- luable advantage by becoming acquainted with a symptom, without which, we should have been left in such a position that we might have despaired of ever obtaining an in
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