Medical microscopy : a guide to the use of the microscope in medical practice (1898)
Wethered, Frank Joesph, 1860-1928 · Philadelphia : Blakiston · leaf 214
or fan-shaped masses. One ray is often larger than the others, andforms a well-marked spike. Other forms are seen, toonumerous to mention, but whatever shape the crystals mayassume they may nearly always be recognized by theircolor. The natural color of uric acid is white, but it generallycarries… … The urine is generally strongly acid, but if allowed tostand until it is ammoniacal, the crystals seem to be grad-ually transformed into urate of ammonia, assuming thecharacteristic globular form ; on the addition of a drop ofhydrochloric acid they are re-dissolved, and uric acidagain crystallizes…
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