. Medical diagnosis for the student and practitioner. most important bacterium is the tubercle bacillus, only to berecognized by such staining methods as are described elsewhere. The ordinary bacterial urine is persistently cloudy, has a musty odor, andpresents on shaking a swirling appearance, as if fine grains of sand or dust wereput in motion. (k) EPITHELIUM.—Limits of Differentiation.—In spite of the efforts putforth by microscopists, the exact differences existing between the epithelial cells ofdifferent portions of the urinary tract have been determined only in part. Such variations are
. Medical diagnosis for the student and practitioner. most important bacterium is the tubercle bacillus, only to berecognized by such staining methods as are described elsewhere. The ordinary bacterial urine is persistently cloudy, has a musty odor, andpresents on shaking a swirling appearance, as if fine grains of sand or dust wereput in motion. (k) EPITHELIUM.—Limits of Differentiation.—In spite of the efforts putforth by microscopists, the exact differences existing between the epithelial cells ofdifferent portions of the urinary tract have been determined only in part. Such variations are shown by the plates, but must be learned from thecareful study of specimens obtained from known cases of cystitis, nephritis,etc., a mere description being of slight value. * Most commonly prostatic. THE EXAMINATION OF THE URINE 237 »The renal cell as seen in the urine is usually small, though almost doublethe size of a red blood cell, round or cubical, and mononuclear. Cells from the straight tubules are somewhat larger and have a more irregu-. FiG. 78.—Renal cells. Various forms, including compound granule cells.
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