A guide to the physical diagnosis of the diseases of the lungs and heart : together with an introduction to the examination of the urine / by James Sawyer.

  • Sawyer, James, Sir, 1844-1920.
Date:
1870
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Credit: A guide to the physical diagnosis of the diseases of the lungs and heart : together with an introduction to the examination of the urine / by James Sawyer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    utero-o'estation, and which has been con- sidered by some authors as a minor sign of pregnancy. It has been described as resembhng carded wool, or a cotton-Hke cloud. This cloud, in the course of two or three days, rises to the surface as a fat-like pellicle, which, after the lapse of a few days more, breaks up and sinks to the bottom of the vessel. The pellicle has never been observed to become mouldy, and it has been observed to contain triple phosphate, fat, and a peculiar caseous matter. The appear- ances described have been observed in the urine of women who were not pregnant. Cancer Cells. Cancer cells have been found in the urine, chiefly in cases of cancer of the bladder and uterus; they may appear in malignant disease of any part of the urinary passages. It must be re- membered that the epithelial cells of the urinary tracts may be easily mistaken for cancer cells, and it becomes in practice very difficult to distinguish them. Confervoid Vegetations.—V2.noViS, vege- table growths may be discovered ia urine.