266 THE SECRETIONS: 



The anaemia was now disappearing. At the end of the second 

 week the amount of urine was 30 ounces, and the specific 

 gravity 1023. 



The water amounted to . . 12690 grains. 



The solids . . . .720 



Urea . . . .242 



Uric acid .... 5 



2. The urine of a girl aged 15 years, of chlorotic appear- 

 ance but menstruating regularly, amounted to 25 ounces, and 

 had a specific gravity of 1020. 



The water amounted to . . 10637 grains 



The solids . . . .519 



Urea .... 231-25 



Uric acid .... 25-00 



The amount of uric acid in this case is very remarkable.] 



Haemorrhages . 



The properties of the urine in haemorrhages are entirely de- 

 pendent, during the period of the discharge and for some short 

 time afterwards, upon the degree in which the vascular system 

 participates in the general disturbance. In many cases, as for 

 instance, in cerebral and pulmonary haemorrhages, we find that 

 the quantity of urine is diminished, its colour becomes deepened, 

 its acidity and its specific gravity increased, that is to say, it en- 

 tirely resembles inflammatory urine. When there is haemorrhage 

 from the kidneys, uterus, or any portion of the generative sys- 

 tem, the urine will naturally contain blood, either in a state of 

 solution or undissolved. If the haemorrhage is succeeded by a 

 state of anaemia and great prostration of strength, the urine then 

 becomes pale, of slight acidity, and of low specific gravity, as in 

 chlorosis. 



Becquerel made three examinations of the urine in cerebral 

 haemorrhage, and in two of these cases he found it analogous 

 in its physical relations to the urine of inflammation : in the 

 third case, in which the patient had imperfect hemiplegia of the 

 right side, but in other respects seemed well, the urine could 

 hardly be considered abnormal. 



In one of the first two cases, the urine was taken from a 

 man aged 43 years, who was affected with perfect paralysis of 



