Abstract
Preliminary Report.
The object of this investigation was to determine the functional capacity of the kidneys of nephritics with regard to their power of eliminating nitrogenous material, water and salts, and to determine the influence of the “protective therapy” on the kidney efficiency.
We have up to the present the reports of nine cases that have been investigated for periods of two to ten weeks.
The patients after admission to the ward, except when an immediate change in diet was necessary, were placed on a general hospital diet for about three days. The urine and feces were collected and analyzed. After this preliminary test the patients were placed on a diet composed of two quarts of milk, with enough cream and sugar to supply the necessary calories. This diet contained 12 to 13 grms. of nitrogen, 3 grms. of NaCl and about 1,500 c.c. of water. A normal individual should reach nitrogenous equilibrium on about the third day of its administration. Several of our nephritic cases behaved in the following manner:
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