Acidosis is now generally known to be present in various diseases, such as diabetes, nephritis, uremia, and when violent diarrhea and vomiting occur clinically, there is also a rapid decrease in the body fluids. In most cases of cholera, the victim falls into a state of temporary inanition, and in consequence of the action of the toxin on the kidneys, so-called cholera nephritis very often develops. The decrease of blood alkali and the accumulation of acid in the body, make the existence of

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... osis a certainty. Sellards noted the remarkable tolerance of the urine to alkali, while From the Dairen Isolation Hospital.