On the functional diseases of the renal, urinary, and reproductive organs : with a general review of urinary pathology / by D. Campbell Black.

  • Black, D. Campbell (Donald Campbell), 1841-1898.
Date:
1872
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Credit: On the functional diseases of the renal, urinary, and reproductive organs : with a general review of urinary pathology / by D. Campbell Black. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the dignity of a diathesis ; and the subject, from its intimate relations to the subjects we have already con- sidered, merits a passing notice. It may be illustrated by the following case, which came under my notice quite recently. E. T., a gentleman aged about 40 years, of spare habit of body, and accustomed to generous living, consulted me on the 1st November 1871, regarding certain peculiar symptoms which made their appear- ance during the past six or nine months. This gentle- man lives in a remote island, of which the sole inhabi- tants are his own household. To adopt the phrase- ology of a distinguished politician, he may be said literally to live in a damp climate, contiguous to the melancholy ocean. He feels an uneasy sensation in the hypogastrium, is troubled with frequent micturi- tion, and his urine is frequently opaque and scalding. He has occasional dull, aching pains in the loins. He finds himself more restless and irritable than he used to be ; is easily annoyed, and believes his brain is more or less affected ; he suffers from occasional ennui, which he naturally ascribes to his solitary life. He is apt to get muddled occasionally, and not imfre- quently to be overcome with drowsiness, which excite- ment of any kind, however, speedily removes. Frontal headaches are frequent; bowels regular; pulse normal. Patient was in the way of indulging pretty freely in alcoholic liquors. On submitting a small specimen of his urine to ex- amination, it presented the following characteristics. Turbid; and on standing for some time, deposited the usual brick-red urate of ammonia, which instantly dis- appeared on heating, to reappear again on cooling.