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Mucous strands. These are found also in all cases. They are 

 especially abundant in the case of Nos. 1, 5, and 6. Their relative 

 abundance does not appear to be influenced in any way by the admin- 

 istration of the preservative. 



SUMMARY. 



Reviewing the data as a whole in regard to the appearance of these 

 microscopical bodies in the urine, the facts which appear prominently 

 are the great variations in the number and character of these micro- 

 chemical bodies. They occur constantly in some cases in very much 

 greater abundance than in others. There are a few cases in fact, 

 quite a number where the relative abundance of these bodies seems 

 to be increased during the administration of the preservative. There 

 is a smaller number of cases in which the contrary fact occurs. In the 

 greater number of cases, however, the administration of the preserva- 

 tive appears to have had no influence upon the relative abundance of 

 these bodies. The data therefore, as a whole, can not be regarded as 

 conclusive respecting the influence of the preservative upon the 

 number of microchemical bodies occurring in the urine. 



TABLE XLI. Microscopical examinations of the urine for Series II. 

 [None, 0; very few, 1; few, 2; fairly abundant, 3; abundant, 4; extremely abundant, 5.] 



a Some in sheets. 



b Hyaline pus casts. 



