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THE FLUIDS. 



a larger kind of cytoid corpuscle than those of mucus or pus. 

 They are, moreover, not attended by the viscid and the albuminous 

 fluid which respectively characterize mucus and pus. (J. E. Bow* 

 man) 



The small organic globules (Fig. 126) are far more rarely found. 

 They are spherical, smooth externally, and not granular within; 

 are unaffected by acetic acid, and are much smaller than the pre- 

 ceding. 



To these histological elements maybe added a thread-like fungus 

 (confervoid), called the torula. (Fig. 127.) These threads are made 

 up of cells s^u to 33^3 of an inch in diameter. It occurs in de- 

 composed urine, whether, as in vesical catarrh, decomposition corn- 



Fig. 127. 



Fig. 128. 



The torula in urine ; crystals of uric acid 

 and two epithelial cells. 



Fungoid growths in the urine. 



mences in the bladder, or after its emission. Another kind of fun- 

 goid vegetation occurring in urine is seen in Fig. 128, in connection 

 with crystals of oxalate of lime. 



Vibriones and monads also appear in decomposed urine ; and the 



Fig. 129. 





Sarcina ventriculi. 



sarcina ventriculi of Goodsir has frequently been found in it. (Fig. 

 129.) 



