THE URINARY COPROPORPHYRINS IN HEALTH AND DISEASE

Abstract
The authors discuss urinary copropor-phyrin in normal urine, in liver disease and jaundice, in blood diseases, in connection with hemorrhage and the effect of blood in the gastrointestinal tract, in fever and infectious diseases, in porphyria and idiopathic coproporphyrinuria, as affected by chemicals and metals, in skin diseases and photosensitivity; and what is known of the site of its formation and its functions.[long dash]Margaret Sumwalt.