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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    that we are dealing in all these matters not with diseases, but with the results of food poisoning. At this point we were still in doubt as to the way in which uric acid obstructed the capillary circulation and raised the blood pressure, but it very soon became evident, as will be shown in later chapters, that the only complete and satisfactory explanation of these facts was that uric acid obstructed the capillaries directly by its presence in the blood in the form of a colloid, which, hindering the capillary cir- culation in millions of tiny capillary vessels, obstructed the flow from the arteries into the veins very greatly, and thus whenever there was a strong heart behind it caused a more or less distinct rise of blood pres- sure. It will be seen later on that this effect of uric acid explains a number of facts which are quite inexplicable, on the theory that uric acid may aflect the vaso-motor centre or the peripheral vaso- motor nerves. We see that my sufferings mentioned