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100 to 112. It should also be added, however, that 

 the appetite has always remained good, the bowels 

 being also regular, and her sleep undisturbed. To 

 the naked eye the urine was extremely turbid and 

 very high coloured ; and after standing for a few 

 hours formed a thick gelatinons deposit at the lower 

 part of the vessel. On submitting a little of the 

 sediment to microscopic investigation I at once dis- 

 covered enormous numbers of the eggs of Bilharzia 

 hcematobia in association with a great quantity and 

 variety of debris. There were myriads of blood 

 corpuscles, with a large quantity of pus corpuscles ; 

 also numerous scales of vesical epithelium, a few fat 

 globules, irregular shreds of mucus, mixed up with 

 an abundance of fine granules and molecules. In 

 addition to these elements there were some peculiar 

 cellules, refracting light very strongly; and, still more 

 strange to say, there were also detected at this first 

 examination six oval eggs of some nematode parasite, 

 each of which contained in its interior a living 

 and actively moving embryo. After the urine had 

 stood for about twenty hours numerous uric acid 

 crystals were found associated with large prismatic 

 forms of the ammonio-phosphate of magnesia. 



My treatment at the outset consisted of tonics, 

 the cold bathing being continued as Dr. Lyle had 

 previously advised. Violent exercise of all kinds 

 was to be avoided, but she was to be constantly out 

 of doors. At the expiration of a few days this 



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