OF THE URINE IN THE STATE OF HEALTH. 
675 
h ra 
Spec. gr. 
Acidity per 1000 gi 
•s. of urine. Appearance. 
Water passed at 8 20 a.m. 
1026-5 
+ 18-50 measures. Thick from urates. 
Water passed at 9 30 
1025-6 
+ 14-62 
Thick from urates. 
Water passed at 10 35 
1028-4 
+ 7-78 
Thick from urates. 
Water passed at 11 45 
1029-3 
0 
Clear. 
Water passed at 1 15 p.m. 
1027-9 
+ 14-59 
Thick from urates. 
Water passed at 2 30 
1027-4 
+ 21-41 
Clear. 
Water passed at 3 45 
1026-7 
+ 26-29 
Clear. 
Water passed at 5 20 
1026-9 
+ 28-24 
Clear. 
Water passed at 7 30 
1028-7 
+ 32-08 
Clear. 
Water passed at 11 15 
1029-7 
+ 17-48 
Clear. 
Water passed at 6 55 a.m. 
1028-4 
+ 19-44 
Thick from urates. 
Here again there is decided evidence of an increase 
in the acidity of the urine after 
a large dose of carbonate of ammonia. 
There was no 
diuretic action, but during the 
night a most profuse and unusual perspiration took place. The following morning- 
no carbonate of ammonia was taken. 
(51.) Breakfast was at 35 
previous days. 
“ A.M. 
Dinner at 6'* 15"' p.m. The same as on the 
Water passed at 8 35 a.m. 
1026-7 
+ 22-40 
Thick from urates. 
Water passed at 9 40 
1026-2 
+ 13-64 
Thick from urates. 
Water passed at 11 0 
1027-4 
+ 8-76 
Thick from urates. 
Water passed at 1 0 p.m. 
1030-6 
+ 11-64 
Thick from urates. 
Water passed at 3 0 
1028-9 
+ 21-38 
Thick from urates. 
Water passed at 6 15 
1030-8 
+ 29-10 
Thick from urates. 
Water passed at 10 30 
1033-3 
+ 13-55 
Thick from urates. 
Water passed at 2 0 a.m. 
1030-3 
+ 8-73 
Thick from urates. 
Water passed at 7 20 
1028-8 
+ 18-47 
Thick from urates. ' 
Water passed at 8 20 
1029-8 
+ 20-39 
Thick from urates. 
Perhaps the aeidity did not rise higher on account of the perspiration, which must 
have removed much acid from the system. The effect of the carbonate of ammonia 
may be traced in a smaller fall than usual in the acidity after breakfast and dinner. 
These experiments, well seen in Plate LIL, then tend to the confirmation of the 
results previously obtained; — first, that there is a very great difference between the 
effects of volatile and fixed alkalies on the acidity of the urine ; secondly, that car- 
bonate of ammonia, in large doses, does not diminish the acidity of the urine ; thirdly, 
that carbonate of ammonia, in large doses, actually increases the acidity of the urine; 
and this was evident, not only in the acidity not falling so low as it did after food 
when no carbonate of ammonia was taken, but in an actual rise before food to a 
higher degree than was reached when no carbonate of ammonia was administered. 
The conclusions from these experiments with tartrate and carbonate of ammonia 
may be shortly stated thus — 
(e.) That tartrate of ammonia in large doses produces no effect on the alkalescence 
of the urine. It differs entirely in this respect from tartrate of potash. 
{f.) That carbonate of ammonia in large doses increases the acidity of the urine. 
I hope to determine the cause of this in a future paper on the variations of the 
nitrates in the urine. 
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