Uric acid : an epitome of the subject / by Alexander Haig.

  • Haig, Alexander, 1853-1924.
Date:
1904
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Credit: Uric acid : an epitome of the subject / by Alexander Haig. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of uric acid in the blood—the less the uric acid in the blood the quicker will be the reflux. The reason the uric acid is not in the blood in the evening is because it is held back in some of the ofreat viscera or fibrous tissues of the body, and not because the body as a whole is poor in uric acid. Therefore the uric acid thus held back at night must pass into the blood next morning, when it becomes in the natural course of events a good solvent of uric acid, and the more uric acid held back at night, the more there will be available for solution in the blood next morning. A very quick reflux at night therefore means a pro- portionately slow reflux in the morning : and on the other hand, a relatively slow reflux at night means a relatively quick reflux in the morning ; for if the uric acid is being freely excreted at night less is available to come into the blood in the morning. Hence we see that with large fluctuations of the curves (high in the morning and low in the evening) we are