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Title: Urinary analysis and diagnosis by microscopical and chemical examination
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Heitzmann, Louis, 1864- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Urine Diagnosis
Publisher: New York, W. Wood and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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re large, and tapeiconsiderably at one extremity, the other being rounded. They consist oia moderately thick, highly refractive capsule, are coarsely granular, anccontain quite a number of small, roundish, granular bodies within imembranous formation. When these ova are found in the urine, blood-corpuscles, pus-corpuscles, and epithelia, usually from the bladder, are seen, showing a hemor MICRO-OR&ANimS AND ANIMAL PARASITES. 103 rhage or inflammation of the bladder. In most cases fat-globules and-granules are also present in considerable numbers. The parasites mayinvade any portion of the urinary tract, especially the ureters and pelves.Filaria Sanguinis Hominis (see Fig. 86).—This parasite is also of rareoccurrence in our climate, but common in other climates, as in the WestIndia Islands, Egypt, China, and Japan. It seems to be transferred tohuman beings through mosquito bites, and may be extremely abundantin the blood; in urine it may be found in varying numbers in such cases.
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Fig. 86.—Filaria Sanguinis Hominis (X 600) It consists of a cylindrically shaped body, a short, rounded head, and along, thread-like, pointed tail. It is granular and frequently striated.When the parasite appears in the urine, it may cause either severe^ ha3maturia or the condition known as chyluria, or more frequently both. 164 URINARY ANALYSIS AND DIAGNOSIS. It is claimed that it may be present in perfectly clear urine, but this mustbe very rare, since, as a rule, the urine presents a milky appearance whenvoided, and upon examination is found to contain a large amount of fat,in the form of small globules and granules, as well as the evidence of amore or less pronounced hemorrhage. Pus-corpuscles, as well as differentepithelia, are usually present in small numbers. When such a milky urine, denoting chyluria, is examined, filaria mustalways be looked for, since the parasite is almost invariably the cause ofthis condition. It may be present in large numbers in the urine, so thatthere

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