Color: Golden yellow, always dark.
Sugar: None could ever be detected.
Phenylhydrazin test: Positive (owing to the presence of glycuronic acid compounds; melting-point of crystals 105° cent. to 120°).
Optical rotation: 0.2-0.3 per cent. lævo-rotatory.
Reducing substances: 0.29-0.35 per cent.
Nitrogen: 17.9 grammes to 22 grammes (Correction 1 gramme).
Nitrogen as albumen: 111.8-137.5 grammes.
When after 5 analyses the nitrogen (expressed as albumen) had reached its highest point, it fell suddenly. Some immediate experiments proved that it was necessary to give more carbo-hydrates and less albuminous food, in order to re-establish the previous relations.
The woman was subsequently allowed to follow whatever course she preferred, and bore a fine boy at full term.