THE AMERICAN 



MONTHLY 



MICROSCOPICAL JOURNAL 



VOL. XVI. SEPTEMBER, 1895. No. 9. 



Preparations for Urinary Examination. 



[See Frontispiece.) 



To Collect a Specimen. — Take a perfectly clean 

 four- ounce bottle well stoppered with a new, clean cork. 

 Direct the patient to first carefully cleanse the parts, 

 then wash the urethra by permitting a little of the urine 

 to escape, and collect the remainder in a sterilized bowl 

 or glass from which it should immediately be poured 

 into the bottle and corked. No vessel should be used 

 which has been used for the purpose before. If the spec- 

 imen is not to be used immediately, the bottle in which 

 it is to be placed should be sterilized by either boiling- in 

 water for five or ten minutes or baking in the oven for 

 sometime. In this way, if sufficient care be taken, spec- 

 imens may be kept for days or weeks without deteri- 

 oration. 



The best results are obtained from a mixture of the 

 urine passed immediately after rising in the morning 

 and that passed on retiring. 



On receipt of the specimen to be examined microscop- 

 ically, three or four ounces should be poured into a very 

 clean conical glass, which should be covered with a paper 

 cap to prevent the entrance of dust and dirt of any kind. 

 This should then be set aside to stand undisturbed for 

 eight or ten hours in order that any morphological con- 

 stituents may subside. Even with the greatest care in 

 collecting and handling, foreign matter such as fibers of 



