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DR. BENCE JONES ON THE VARIATIONS OF THE SULPHATES 
of the phosphates in acute chorea, it becomes doubtful how far this result is owing 
to the action of alcohol in the system. 
Further experiments are required ; meanwhile excessive abstinence from food must 
be admitted as a cause of the diminution of the phosphates in the urine, provided 
there is no inflammatory action of the nervous structures. 
In a case of restless excitement leading to self-destruction, the sulphates in the 
urine were found to be increased, and the same thing was also observed with a dimi- 
nution of the phosphates in a case of delirium and phthisis. 
In the 6th and 10th cases urea was found to be in great excess when the sulphates 
were increased. In the other cases the excess of urea was not looked for. 
Table III. — On the amount of Sulphates and the total amount of Earthy and Alka- 
line Phosphates in acute inflammatory diseases of the nervous structures. 
Case 1. Inflammation of the brain. 
20tli day 
Case 2. Inflammation of the brain. 
12 th clay 
13th day 
14th day 
l6th day 
l6th night. Died. 
Case 3. Subacute hydrocephalus. 
15th day 
l6th day 
22nd day 
26th day 
28th day. Died. 
Case 4. Acute after chronic disease. 
Uncertain 
Died. 
Case 5. Head symptoms, with tubercles in 
cerebellum and lungs. 
15th day 
15 th night 
l6th day 
l6th night 
18th day. Died. 
Case 6. Inflammation of the lungs, with tu- 
bercles and violent head symptoms. 
4th day 
6th day 
8th day 
9th day 
9th night. Died. 
Case 7- Injury, with head symptoms not 
violent. 
2nd day 
4th day 
5th day 
32nd day 
Case 8. Injury of the head, slight. 
7th day 
Sulphate of baryta per 
1000 grs. of urine. 
7-67 
3-96 
11-23 
2-91 
7-341 
7 - 69 / 
8-83 
10-69 
8- 83 
9- 46 
3-54 
9-39 
9-88 
10-07 
6-69 
8-25 
8-55 
7-81 
11-63 
10-13 
7-34 
9-66 
13-74 
2-11 
6-59 
Specific 
gravity. 
1031-8 
1018-7 
1027-26 
1013-1 
1027-0 
1030- 0 
1029-0 
1029-8 
1031- 4 
1024-9 
1026-0 
1031- 6 
1032- 2 
1016-4 
1018-2 
1027-85 
1026-1 
1031-4 
1026-2 
1026-8 
1028-6 
1028-6 
1011-66 
1022-9 
Total phosphates. 
5- 14 
11-13 
6- 06 
10- 75 
11- 04 
9-41 
8- 45 
10-19 
9- 01 
0-91 
9-31 
8-72 
8-91 
4- 72 
5 - 69 
7-19 
6- 43 
9-30 
7 - 99 
5-20 
7-52 
7 - 91 
1-52 
8- 93 
