Asparagus

Authorities. 5, M. Generic (Gaz. Med. de Paris, June, 1833), Am. Journ. of Med. Sci., vol. xiii, 1833, p. 241, effects of the syrup on several persons; 6, E. W. Berridge, M.D., Am. Horn. Obs., 1875, p. 101, effects on Mr. -, after eating Asparagus.

All without exception had the quantity of their urine increased, and this commenced when the syrup was given in the dose of an ounce to an ounce and a half, but was not marked until two ounces of the medicine was taken at a dose. When taken in this dose the urine tripled, quadrupled, and even quintupled the quantity of drink in all the individuals. When this abundant diuresis was established, the greater number of these persons experienced thirst, and all had an increase of appetite. M. G. repeated these experiments upon three series of persons, consisting of three, of five, of four. The day after the Asparagus was suspended, the diuresis ceased,*. —After eating Asparagus his urine smells like cat’s urine.®