. Journal - American Medical Association. Mi/ i \/ \ ; / \f ? CIIART 2.—Course op Urine and of Urea in Third Pregnancy (Normal). Eclampsia in First and in products, however, have been found to be increased intlie circulation or urine, so the theory has little to sup-port it. The second theory supposes from the analogy ofB oxybutyric and diacetic acid intoxication in diabetes,which is itself due to a number of causas, that a similarproduction of almonnal and toxic end products occursin eclampsia. Bearing out this theory it has been showndefinitely that the blood in pregnancy is more to
. Journal - American Medical Association. Mi/ i \/ \ ; / \f ? CIIART 2.—Course op Urine and of Urea in Third Pregnancy (Normal). Eclampsia in First and in products, however, have been found to be increased intlie circulation or urine, so the theory has little to sup-port it. The second theory supposes from the analogy ofB oxybutyric and diacetic acid intoxication in diabetes,which is itself due to a number of causas, that a similarproduction of almonnal and toxic end products occursin eclampsia. Bearing out this theory it has been showndefinitely that the blood in pregnancy is more toxic thannorma], and that this toxicity is further increased ineclampsia. All attempts to show an increased toxicityto the urine have tlnis far been unconvincinsr. The action on the maternal blood, and, finally, that serumemulsions from dried placentfe of eclamptics producedeath in animals into whom it has been injected, whereasserum from normal placentas made in the same way isharmless. Brettancr reports an interesting case bearing on theplacental origin of the toxin. A woman of 40 who hadhad 3 difficult labors, was seized with convulsions with-out premonit
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