COMPOSITION OF THE URINE. 193 



Composition of the Human Urine. 



"Water (in 24 hours, 27 to 50 fluidounces Becquerel) ...... 967'47 to 940-36 



Urea (in 24 hours, 355 to 463 grains Robin) ............. 15'00 " 23'00 



Urate of soda, neutral and acid ...... 



Crate of ammonia, neutral and acid (in 

 small quantity) ................... 



Urate of potassa (traces) ............ 



Urate of lime (traces) . 



(In 24 hrs., 6 to 



9 grs. of uric acid 



^-Becquerel-or9 



to 14 grs. of urates, 



estimated as neut. 



Urate of magnesia (traces) J urate of soda.) 



Hippurate of soda. . . . j (In 24 hrs., about 7'5 grs. of hip- 



Hippurate of potassa . > puric acid Thudichum equiv. to 1*00 " 1*40 



Hippurate of lime. . . . ) about 8'7 grs. of hippurate of soda.) 



Lactate of soda \ 



Lactate of potassa ...! (Daily quantity not estimated). . 1 - 50 " 2'60 



Lactate of lime ) 



Creatine ) (In 24 hours, about 11 -5 grains 



Creatinine f of both Thudichum) 1-60 " 3'00 



Oxalate of lime (daily quantity not estimated) traces " I'lO 



Xanthine not estimated. 



Margarine, oleine, and other fatty matters O'lO to 0'20 



Chloride of sodium (hi 24 hours, about 154 grains Robin) 3'00 " 8'00 



Chloride of potassium traces. 



Hydrochlorate of ammonia 1'50 to 2'20 



Sulphate of soda. . . 1 ^ 24hr3 '' 23 to 38 " of sul P hu - 

 Sulphate of potassa ric acid-Thudichum. About equal 

 Sul hate of lim f parts of sul P nate of soda and sulphate 3'00 " 7*00 



of potassa Robin equiv. to from 

 ' J 22-5 to 37-5 grs. of each.) 

 Phosphate of soda, neutral l (Daily quantity not esti- 



Phosphate of soda, acid. . j" mated) 2'50 " 4'30 



Phosphate of magnesia (in 24 hrs., 7'7 to 11 '8 grs. Neubauer) 0'50 " 1-00 

 Phosphate of lime, acid. . ) (In 24 hrs., 4'7 to 5'7 grs. 



Phosphate of lime, basic. . ) Neubauer) 0'20 " 1'30 



Ammonio-magnesian phosphate (daily quantity not estim.). . 1'50 " 2'40 

 (Daily excretion of phosphoric acid, about 56 grs. Thudichum.) 



Silicic acid 0'03 " 0'04 



Urrosacine ^ . 10 Q.$Q 



Mucus from the bladder \ * 



1,000-00 1,000-00 



Gases of the Urine. (Parts per 1,000 in volume.) 

 Oxygen, in solution ................................... 0'82 



Nitrogen, in solution. (Mean of fifteen observations Morin) 9'59 



Carbonic acid, in solution ............................. 19'62 



Proportion of solid constituents, from 32'63 to 59'89 parts per 1,000. 

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