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h m 
Water passed at 8 35 p.m. 
Water passed at 10 30 
Water passed at 6 40 a.m. 
Spec. gr. Acidity per 1000 
= 1032-3 =+19-37 
= 1031-9 =+14-53 
= 1023-8 = + 19-53 
grs. of urine. Appearance, 
measures. Thick from urates. 
Thick from urates. 
Clear. 
For the three following days tartaric acid was taken. The first day forty-two 
grains of dry, pure tartaric acid, in two ounces of distilled water, at 1 P 40*" a.m. 
Forty-two grains more at 12'’ 40"’ p.m. In all, eighty-four grains. It did not act on 
the bowels as an aperient, but it caused pain in the bowels from about three hours 
after it was taken. It produced no pain when first taken into the stomach. 
(26.) Breakfast as before, at 8'’ lO*" a.m. Dinner as before, at 6'’ 30'" p.m,, eighty- 
four grains of tartaric acid being taken. 
Water passed at 
8 10 a.m. 
= 1025-3 
= + 24-38 measures. 
Thick from urates. 
Water passed at 
10 0 
= 1026-2 
= +13-64 
Thick from urates. 
Water passed at 
11 15 
= 1029-1 
= - 7-77 
Clear. 
Water passed at 
12 55 P.M. 
= 1027-9 
0 
Clear. 
Water passed at 
2 30 
= 1027-1 
= +23-36 
Clear. 
Water passed at 
4 40 
= 1027-4 
= +25-30 
Cloudy urates. 
Water passed at 
6 30 
= 1030-4 
= +32-99 
Thick from urates. 
Water passed at 
8 40 
= 1033-1 
= +36-79 
Thick from urates. 
Water passed at 
11 40 
= 1033-0 
= + 7-74 
Thick from urates. 
Water passed at 
6 50 a.m. 
= 1022-2 
= + 17-60 
Clear. 
(2/.) The following day. 
Breakfast as before, at 8'’ 10'" a.m. 
Dinner at 6'’ Sh*" p.m. 
^artaric acid, fifty-four grains dry and 
pure, in two ounces 
of distilled water, at 
B A.M. ; fifty-four grains, in two ounces of water, at 12'’ 15'" p.m. ; in all 108 grains, 
"his day the dinner was more and longer than usual. 
Water passed at 
8 10 
= 1026-0 
= + 23-33 measures. 
Thick from urates. 
Water passed at 
9 30 
= 1021-5 
= +14-68 
Thick from urates. 
Water passed at 
10 10 
= 1020-6 
0 
Clear. 
Water passed at 
11 0 
= 1025-8 
= - 9-74 
Clear. 
Water passed at 
12 15 P.M. 
= 1026-4 
0 
Clear. 
Water passed at 
2 15 
= 1026-2 
= +16-56 
Clear. 
Water passed at 
3 15 
= 1025-0 
= +23-41 
Clear. 
Water passed at 
5 30 
= 1024-8 
= +25-37 
Clear. 
Water passed at 
6 35 
= 1027*0 
= +31*15 
Clear. 
Water passed at 
11 30 
= 1034-0 
= + 19-43 
Thick from urates. 
AVater passed at 
6 50 a.m. 
= 1025-4 
= +16*58 
Clear. 
(28.) The following day. Breakfast as before, at 8'’ 15"’ a.m. Dinner moderate, mixed 
diet, at 6'’ 50"’ p.m. At 1 1'’ a.m., tartaric acid, fifty-four grains in two ounces of water. 
At 11'’ 40’" A.M. fifty-four grains of acid ; at 12'’ 40“ p.m. fifty-four grains; in all 162 
grains. No pain in the abdomen until 3 ^ p.m., then much pain for an hour. Less 
pain for another hour, then all the pain went away. No action of the acid on the 
bowels. 
