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THE URINE. 



Epithelia. An acquaintance with the epithelia found in urine 

 is of the greatest importance, since it is only by an accurate 

 knowledge of the point from whence they come that we are 

 able to obtain a diagnosis of the location of the morbid process. 

 Most of the morbid processes occurring along the genito-urinary 

 tract are inflammatory in nature, and marked by the presence 



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FIG. 365. VARIOUS OCCURRENCES IN THE SEDIMENT OF URINE. 



. M , mucus-threads ; 8, spermatozoidH ; PC, prostatic concretions ; f, ciliated pus-corpuscles ; 



P, pus-corpuscles, with pigment-granules ; P*, pus-corpuscles, with luematoidin-crystals ; S, 



blood-corpuscles; Jf, hiematoidin-crystals ; A, coagulated albumen; I\ fat-granules ; d, 



connective tissue ; C*, debris of papilloma of the bladder. Magnified 500 diameters. 



of pus-corpuscles in the urine ; where the inflammation is lo- 

 cated can be determined only by the epithelia. When pus-cor- 

 puscles are found unaccompanied by epithelia, which sometimes 



