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DR. BENCE JONES ON THE VARIATIONS 
(30.) The first day, for comparison, no tartrate of potash was taken. Breakfast at 
8'' 1 5“ A.M. Dinner at 6** p.m. Mixed diet. Water passed at 6^ 45“ a.m. thrown away. 
h m 
Water passed at 8 25 a.m. 
Water passed at 9 40 
Water passed at 10 50 
Water passed at 12 56 p.m. 
Water passed at 3 10 
Water passed at 5 55 
Water passed at 10 40 
Water passed at 6 15 a.m. 
Spec. gr. 
Acidity per 1000 grs. of urine. 
= 1023-3 
= 4- 21-49 measures. 
= 1024-4 
= + 17-57 
= 1027-0 
= - 9-73 
= 1027-2 
= + 6-81 
= 1025-7 
= +23-39 
= 1028-2 
= +28-20 
= 1034-4 
= +18-36 
= 1025-4 
= +16-58 
Appearance. 
Clear. 
Clear. 
Clear. 
Clear. 
Clear. 
Clear. 
Thick from urates. 
Clear. 
For the following- days tartrate of potash was taken. The first day two drachms 
of dry and pure tartrate of potash were taken, dissolved in two ounces of distilled 
water, at O’* a.m. The same quantity was taken at 10** 25“ a.m. ; and one drachm of 
tartrate of potash was taken in one ounce of water at 2 ^ 30“ p.m. This last, on an 
empty stomach, caused slight nausea for twenty minutes. In all, then, on this day 
five drachms of tartrate of potash were taken in five ounces of distilled water. The 
bowels were not acted on by the saline. 
(31.) The breakfast was at S’* 10“ a.m. Dinner at 6’* 30”* p.m. Mixed diet. 
Water passed at 
8 10 
= 1026-4 
= + 23-38 measures. 
Thick from urates. 
Water passed at 
9 30 
= 1022-4 
= + 2-93 
Clear. 
Water passed at 
10 30 
= 1024-5 
= -29-29 
Cloudy from phosphates. 
Water passed at 
11 30 
= 1023-7 
= -31-16 
Cloudy from phosphates. 
Water passed at 
12 20 P.M. 
= 1021-4 
= -14-68 
Slight cloudiness from phosphates. 
Water passed at 
2 25 
= 1025-8 
= + 4-87 
Clear. 
Water passed at 
4 5 
= 1027-5 
= - 4-86 
Clear. 
Water passed at 
6 30 
= 1033-3 
= +24-19 
Clear. 
Water passed at 
8 55 
= 1036-5 
= +21-22 
Thick from urates. 
Water passed at 
10 45 
= 1028-4 
= -39-86 
Thick from phosphates. 
Water passed at 
6 30 a.m. 
= 1027-0 
= -14-60 
Cloudy from phosphates. 
(32.) The following day. Breakfast as before, at 8’* 10“* a.m. Dinner at O’* 45"* p.m. 
Three drachms of tartrate of potash in four ounces of water, at 2^* 10*” p.m. caused 
slight nausea, and no action of the bowels. 
Water passed at 8 10 
= 1030-2 
= — 9-70 measures. 
Clear. 
Water passed at 9 30 
= 1026-2 
= -19-49 
Thick from phosphates. 
Water passed at 11 
= 1024-9 
= -27-31 
Thick from phosphates. 
Water passed at 12 30 p.m. 
= 1027-9 
= - 5-83 
Cloudy from phosphates. 
Water passed at 2 10 
= 1028-8 
= +23-32 
Clear. 
Water passed at 3 30 
= 1025-7 
= -18-52 
Clear. 
Water passed at 5 10 
= 1025-1 
= -10-73 
Clear. 
Water passed at 6 45 
= 1031-0 
= +19-39 
Clear. 
Water passed at 9 
= 1034-1 
CO 
1 
11 
Clear. 
Water passed at 10 45 
= 1026-3 
= -37-02 
Thick from phosphates. 
Water passed at 6 20 a.m, 
. = 1027-8 
= - 4-86 
Clear. 
