Excerpt from American Journal of Physiology, Vol. 19 The serum in a case of diabetic coma did not produce this change In color; the same observation was made in the case of a patient suffering with acute meningitis, and at the time of examination in a comatose condition. The urine of this patient contained aceton, but no sugar. The serum of a case of acute jaundice acted in the same manner on the test paper. All these cases had a marked decrease in alkalinity. Slighter variations In the same direction were observed in the serum of a case of lymphatic leucaemia, of two cases of scarlet fever, and in post-mortem blood. An increase in alkalinity above the normal has so far not been determined. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.