Abstract
The author classified his pulmonary the patients and those with past anamnesis of pulmonary the according to Oka's classification of X-ray photography of chest, and while observing the HgI2 reaction in urine of each type of patient, the author obtained the following results.
1) The type which showed strong reaction were types IIA, III and VII when their focuses spread in more than one lobus, and types VIIIA and II when they were within 7 days after pneumorectomy (thoracoplasty).
2) The types of medium reaction were I, IIB, IV, VIB and VIII which their focuses were restricted in one lobos.
3) The types of weak reaction, which in fact seemed almost normal, were types V, VIA, VIIIB, IX, X, etc.
4) Observing the factors in the change of HgI2 reaction of pulmonary the patients, the author obtained the following results.
(1) The reaction value changed nearly in parallel with the extent of focus.
(2) When the focus was more exudative, the value was much higher; and when the focus tended to be proliferate and sclerotic, the value proved to be much lower.
(3) If cavities existed or bacilli were proved in the sputum, the value was usually high.
(4) When the patient had a fever, the value was high in general.
In other words, in those types which had more factors to signify the activity of the disease the reaction was much stronger, which, in the types with less factors, it tended to be much weaker.
