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in the blood and tissues in nephritis. Bock found such an increase, (for- 

 mal amino acid content of the blood, 6.13 to 7.90 mg. per 100 c.c., high 



TABLE 15 



AMINO ACID CONTENT OF THE BLOOD IN NEPHRITIS AND OTHER FORMS OF RENAL IN- 

 SUFFICIENCY. THE FIGURES FOR UREA NITROGEN ARE TABULATED TO FURNISH SOME 

 CONCEPTION OF THE DEGREE OF IMPAIRMENT OF KIDNEY FUNCTION. THE AMINO 

 ACID NITROGEN RARELY EXCEEDS THE NORMAL LEVEL 



values in cases of nephritis 15.10, 17.50, 29.98). There have been com- 

 paratively few investigations of this matter; the author's results (Tables 

 15 and 16) would indicate that such a rise of amino acid nitrogen does 



TABLE 16 



AMINO ACID CONTENT OF MUSCLE IN NEPHRITIS. THE FIGURES FOR UREA NITROGEN ARE 

 TABULATED TO FURNISH SOME CONCEPTION OF THE DEGREE OF IMPAIRMENT OF KID- 

 NEY FUNCTION. THE AMINO AOID NITROGEN DOES Nor EXCEED THE NORMAL LEVEL 



Mg. per 100 c.c. Muscle 



