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Berselius has already observed, wit regard to ansrathat, at the commencement of the complaint, the albumen occurs in die urine in eimall quantity, and can then only be recognised by corrosive sbiae. Duri'ng t~h prgres f te dseae,when not only are the serous fluids poured into the urinary passges, btthe kidneys also secrete an albuminous fluid, the albumen may be detected by less delicate tests, such as nitric acid, alum, etc.; at lsast it may even be coagulated by boiling. In proportion to the increae of albumen, the quantities of uric acid and urea iiih until at length they.entirely disaper In the urine examine byMNeubauer, the albumen readiy coagulated by bolig being so compltely separated by this process, that its weight could be determined. Teextremely small quantity of urea andl uric acid agrees well with this lag rprinof albumen. The nitrogen, which had become useless in the bd,wsnwno longer, as in health, separated by the kidneys, in the former of the two above-mentioned bodies, but as albumen., which was present mn the serous fluids as well as in the urine. [Chemicai Gazette.]