HAMMERSTEN'S TEST FOR BILE PIGMENTS
\hˈaməstənz tˈɛst fɔː bˈa͡ɪl pˈɪɡmənts], \hˈaməstənz tˈɛst fɔː bˈaɪl pˈɪɡmənts], \h_ˈa_m_ə_s_t_ə_n_z t_ˈɛ_s_t f_ɔː b_ˈaɪ_l p_ˈɪ_ɡ_m_ə_n_t_s]\
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This consists of heating a few drops of the urine to be tested with about 2 c.c.'s of the reagent, namely, a mixture of 1 volume of 25 per cent, nitric acid and 19 volumes of 25 per cent, hydrochloric acid, which has been standing for about one year and then mixed with about 4 times its volume of alcohol. If bile pigments are present, the mixture turns green or bluish green.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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