*236 ANAtYSrs O? DUffETIC URINE. 



Messrs. Vauquelin and Robiquet have found there mixed 

 with a peculiar principle. 



Part III. Anaft/sis of the urine of the diahsiic patieytl, from 

 the time of his admimon into the hospital of ike Medical 

 School till he quitted it. 



Meilicme with- During' the time the patient was in the HoteVDieu, he 



had no"effect. *^^^tl not be confined to any regiioen. He lived nearly a^ 



•in, ihe uiine. he pleased ; his disorder remained stationary, and his urine, 



which was still very abundant, had not altered its nature. 



it was then determined, to remove hira to the hospital of 



tl^e Medical School, where, bein^ alniost always under th<3: 



eye of Mr. Dupuytren, who had the care of bii», or of 



some one of his pupils, it was much more easy, to oblige 



him to do whatever was desired. 



Ye^etablefood At the expiration of a few days al! kinds of" vegetables 



b<;uigwnhheid ^^,pj,^ j.g.|-^^^^ l^-j^^ and nothing was given hwn but animal 



food. The quantity of this be took, as well as o-f what he 



\ drank to satisfy an unquenchable thirst, was accurately 



weighed. 



For the first three or four days no. change in the urine 

 in a few (Itrs a was observed; but in five or six it was less white, more 

 v'lace"" '"" acrid, more acid, and less saccharine. Subjected to eva- 

 poration, instead of remaining limpid as before, it became 

 Allinnien ap- turbid, and was covered with a tolerably thick pellicle of 

 j)«are la it, albuminous matter. When 1 perceived this change, par- 

 ticularly the presence of animal matter in his urine, though 

 the state of the patient was completely unknown to me, 

 and I was unacquainted with the manner in which be ha4 

 been treated, I concluded, tliat the disorder had begun to 

 antf increased abate : and then iinding, that this animal matter became 

 m q.uaui!ty. ^■^Wy more abundant, 1 considered the cure as approaching. 

 Mentioning my opinion to Mr. Dupuytren, he said it was 

 probable, but appeared surprised at it, till I irifoi-med hira 

 on what it v/as founded. 



From tliat time the patient continuetl te amend. His 

 ' uripe grew daily mare animalized, and less saccharine. 



':|"he albumen The. albuminous animal mntter soon began to diminish 

 ureetnd^llllVc gi^^^ially, and the ure^ and lithic acid as gradually reap- 

 acid br-gau '.o poared. At length it became perfectly similar to that of a 

 m^^^- man 



