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lazy, mounted the stairs with difficulty, and the least exercise 
made her faint. She was fat, and, though somewhat op¬ 
pressed, was still lively ; she had never been tied up, but 
allowed to roam about the house as she liked, was seldom 
taken out of doors, and had no other exercise than what she 
obtained by running up and down stairs. She was fed on a 
mixture of bread and cooked meat, was not allowed soup, 
fat, or milk, and never had been ill before. 
As the dog was very old, no medical treatment was re¬ 
commended, but the owner was advised to feed her on 
animal diet. Some of the urine was collected, and M. 
Dewilde, repetiteur of chemistry and physics at the veteri¬ 
nary school, was kind enough to undertake the analysation 
of it. In the first place, he ascertained that its contents 
were not albumen, but a large amount of glucose. After 
this the process of Trommer, modified by Barreswill, was 
employed by M. Dewilde. He removed all organic matters 
from the urine,—which in some instances are apt to give 
a glucose reaction on the addition of tartrate of copper 
and potass,—this elimination of organic matter being effected 
by means of the acetate of lead, which precipitates it, and 
afterwards by carbonate of potass, which throws down 
the excess of lead, and after having weighed a definite 
quantity of the urine so treated, washed and filtered it, it was 
concentrated by evaporation in the water bath until reduced 
to one fourth its volume. This, of course, contained all the 
sugar in the quantity of urine which had been submitted to 
analysis. The liquor was afterwards treated with the re¬ 
agents proposed by Barreswill until it ceased to become dis¬ 
coloured. This mode by Barreswill has been often questioned, 
but, setting aside the colour process, it is still the one which 
gives the most correct results, and has received the appro¬ 
bation of most distinguished chemists. The presence of 
glucose in this urine was so evident, that on heating the residue 
after evaporation the characteristic odour of caramel was 
obtained. 
The patient now declined rapidly, although she still fed 
and consumed a large quantity of meat. She became duller, 
weaker, and more oppressed, and everything seemed to 
presage a speedy dissolution. In the beginning of June 
there took place a frequent discharge from the'mouth and 
the vulva of bloody mucus; the faeces, which were sometimes 
soft, at others hard, were also covered with the same; and 
on the 18th of June she was seized with convulsions and 
died. 
The post-mortem examination was made the next day. 
