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Title: The medical examination for life insurance and its associated clinical methods : with chapters on the insurance of substandard lives and accident insurance
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Greene, Charles Lyman, 1862-
Subjects: Insurance, Life -- Medical examinations Diagnosis
Publisher: Philadelphia, P. Blakiston's son & co.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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Pus in the Urine.—As to the signifi-cance of pus in the urine, it may be remembered— (a) That pus that comes with the first jet 0) urine, the remainderbeing clear, is from the urethra. I \ \\!l\ \ IK »N »F I RIN) l\ I.II II I That a moderate amount of pus occurring in on acid Wually from the renal pelvis; but that such pus max he due ttuberculosis of the bladder. ! :■ quantities of greenish pus point to rupture of an abinto the urinary passages or to a pyelonephrt Pus in an alkaline urine is usually from the bladder.In all cases the diagnosis must largely depend upon the char-acter ^i the associated epithelium and the pnific micro organisms.
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Cei ; Spermatozoa an- easily recognized by their well kn iwn form. Bacteria. Aside from the tubercle bacillus, many forms ofria may be found in the urine, and theirunattended by symptoms r accompanied by a variable amountof irritation of tin- bladdi also, in fermenting urin< finds both bacteria and spores. I re highly refr and tend to form chain.-. The most important bacterium is the tuben If ba< illus, on) H.iclcriurcn. 332 Till. MEDICAL EXAMINATION FOR LIFE INSURANCE. I in, rentiationdifficult. The renal cells. Camlate cells be recognized by such staining methods as are described on page 339- The ordinary bacterial urine is persistently cloudy, has a musty odor, and presents on shaking a swirling appearance, as if fine grains of sand were put in motion. Epithelium.—In spite of the efforts put forth by microscop- ists, the exact differences existing between the epithelial cells of different portions of the urinary tract have been only partly

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