On Some Forms of Albuminuria Not Dangerous to Life

Dr. Grainger Stewart, in the January issue of The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, studies the following varieties: paroxysmal albuminuria; 2nd, dietetic albuminuria; 3rd, albuminuria from muscular exertion; and 4th, simple persistent albuminuria; and illustrates each with reports of cases which are markedly characteristic. The diagnostic features of paroxysmal albuminuria are the sudden and copious occurrence of albumen in the urine with numerous casts, the process lasting only a short time and recurlino; at intervals with or without a perceptible exciting cause. The exciting cause, according to Dr. Stewart, is irritation of the kidneys from blood-changes. The treatment should be directed, on the one hand, to the avoidance or diminution of renal irritation ; and, on the other, to the regulation of the hepatic function and of the chemical processes in the body. Happily, the