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JAMA. 2001;286:392.

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The urine may undergo various changes in color from concentration as in the presence of fever ; from the ingestion of certain articles, as rhubarb, senna, santonin, carbolic acid, methylene-blue ; from the existence of certain morbid processes, as jaundice, cholera, typhus fever, pernicious anemia, melanotic sarcoma ; from the presence of blood, pus, etc. The urine has been observed to be blue in those taking methylene-blue, which has been employed in the treatment of malarial fever, gonorrhea, diabetes and other affections, and also from the formation of indigo in those in whom indican is present as a result of putrefactive processes taking place in the intestines. A unique instance of the latter variety is recorded by Mr. John Good,¹ occurring in an unmarried man, 43 years old, who had been drinking excessively, had vomited and complained of feeling sickly, with loss of appetite, pain in the loins over the . . . [Full Text of this Article]