An Unusual Case of Proteinuria

to me by a medical student for examination of her blood and urine. She said she was now putting on weight but to me she appeared thin and pale. She has had three live births and one abortion. The first and the second children are now 22 and 20 years old respectively; the third was an abortion at the seventh month and the fourth died at the age of 7 years. This happened about 6 years ago. Soon after the death of the last child she began to have irregular and scanty menses, and finally once in every 5 to 6 months. She approached a hakim for treatment. Her urine at this time was perfectly normal looking. Soon after she started the treatment she felt palpita'tion and giddiness. To use her own words she did not feel very certain about herself. Then she had itching of the hands and feet, followed by boils. The quantity of urine also began to be diminished and it was irritating. Next she went to her son who was also a hakim. He prescribed some other medicine which gave rise to intractable diarrhoea. Three months after she started the latter treatment the urine became milky, more so, if she drank milk and ate more meat. During this period she had an attack of urticaria which disappeared after some medication. Some distant relations of hers whom she used to visit