A Case of Chylous Urine
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from the journey, his weight being 113 lbs., and his health good. But the day after his arrival, he came to hospital in great alarm to say that his urine had turned to milk, and its appearance was very like it. There were no other symptoms whatever, and the urine was of the following description :? Acidity normal, sp. gr. 1017, colour opaque, white, somewhat dirty-looking, odour natural. The specimen kept for my inspection had been passed by the patient into a clean wide-mouthed bottle about half an hour before my arrival at the hospital, and it had already become feebly coagulated throughout its mass, shaking like a jelly when gently agitated, and breaking down when more roughly handled. Urates, phosphates and carbonates were present in normal amount, but no sugar. On boiling, nearly three-fourths of the contents of the test-tube became solid, aud, besides albumen, there was some fat present. Under the microscope no filaria, no casts
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