On January 5th a
whole pint of urine passed; after that the kidneys acted normally
and the boy recovered. It would be no exaggeration to state that
this case lasted from December 5th to January 5th, for the
evacuations during this period were so slight as to be hardly
worthy of mention.
Lemery reports observation of a monk who during eight years
vomited periodically instead of urinating in a natural way. Five
hours before vomiting he experienced a strong pain in the
kidneys. The vomitus was of dark-red color, and had the odor of
urine. He ate little, but drank wine copiously, and stated that
the vomiting was salutary to him, as he suffered more when he
missed it.
Bryce records a case of anuria of seventeen days' standing.
Butler speaks of an individual with a single kidney who suffered
suppression of urine for thirteen days, caused by occlusion of
the ureter by an inspissated thrombus. Dubuc observed a case of
anuria which continued for seventeen days before the fatal issue.
Fontaine reports a case of suppression of urine for twenty-five
days. Nunneley showed the kidneys of a woman who did not secrete
any urine for a period of twelve days, and during this time she
had not exhibited any of the usual symptoms of uremia.
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