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Table III. — Showing 66 cases divided into 6 groups, based upon the 

 presence or absence of the 7-adial pulse on admission and the interval 

 between the admission and the appearance of urine. 





Radial pulse present on 

 admission. 



Radial pulse not present on 

 admission. 



Urination on admission. 



(Group No. I): 23 cases; 11 abor- 



(Group No. VI) : No cases in 





tions (48 per cent); mortality 



this group. 





of cases. 17 per cent. 





Urination was present with- 



(Group No. II) : 8 cases; 5 abor- 



(Group No, V): 4 cases; 3 



in 24 hours after admis- 



tions (62 per cent); mortality 



abortions (75 per cent); 



sion. 



of cases. 13 per cent. 



mortality of cases, 50 per 

 cent. 



Urination was not present 



(Group No. Ill) : 21 cases; U abor- 



(Group No. IV): 10 cases; 7 



within 24 hours after ad- 



tions (52 per cent); mortality 



abortions (70 per cent) ; mor- 



mission. 



of cases, 66 per cent. 



tality of cases, 80 per cent. 



Group I comprised 23 cases, which had a radial pulse and 

 urinated on admission. Of this class 17 per cent died and 48 

 per cent aborted. 



Group II comprised 8 cases, which had a radial pulse and did 

 not urinate on admission, but did urinate within twenty-four 

 hours. This group showed a mortality of 13 per cent; 62 per cent 

 aborted. 



Group III comprised 21 cases, which had a radial pulse on 

 admission, but did not urinate within twenty-four hours. The 

 mortality for the mother was 66 per cent ; 52 per cent aborted. 



Group IV comprised 10 cases, which did not have a radial pulse 

 on admission and did not urinate within twenty-four hours. The 

 total mortality of this group was 80 per cent. Seven of the 10 

 cases aborted (70 per cent) , and three cases did not. This group 

 is interesting, because it portrays the worst prognosis and be- 

 cause the three cases that did not abort died. The two cases 

 that aborted and recovered were pregnant for less than four 

 months. 



Group V comprised 4 cases, which had no radial pulse on 

 admission, but urinated within twenty-four hours. The mortal- 

 ity for the mothers was 50 per cent, and 75 per cent aborted. 



For completeness group VI was "made to show the outcome 

 of the cases which had no radial pulse but urinated on admis- 

 sion. As no such condition can reasonably exist, no cases were 

 found to represent this group. 



Rogers (13) has proved that by lowering the specific gravity 

 of the blood to normal by the addition of a solution which thereby 

 restores the blood to its normal volume and so increases the 

 arterial pressure many patients who upon admission are pulse- 



