Maryland Medical Journal Vol 9 PDF Download

Excerpt from Maryland Medical Journal, Vol. 15: A Weekly Journal of Medicine and Surgery; May-October, 1886 What the treatment was is not given unfortunately, or more light might be thrown upon the subject. In a paper recently read by Dr. W. M. Carpenter, of New York, before the Medical Society of that State, he 'gives a very striking case of albuminuria oc curring with glycosuria in a woman of 55 years of age, who had been in good health up to one year previously, when she noticed that she passed on some days more than the usual quantity of urine. N 0 other symptoms were developed un til it was seen that there was swelling under her eyes. That of the feet soon followed, with difficulty of breathing and physical signs of oedema of the lungs. The urine was examined then, and found to contain a sufficient quan tity of albumen to solidify nearly its entire bulk. The Specific gravity was and the quantity was diminished. Dr. Carpenter's microscopic examina tion revealed casts of 'nearly all varieties except blood, and in very great abnud ance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.