There are certain things which the albuminuric must avoid, and they are briefly butcher's meat and alcohol.

There is one thing, however, which an albuminuric may take in abundance, but which is often ignorantly withheld from him in the fear that it causes dropsy, - and that is water. Water is an excellent diuretic in these cases. It dissolves out from the blood effete products which are soluble, and it washes out the tubules of the kidneys which are clogged with the debris of broken-down cells. Water should not be taken in excessive quantities at a time, but in small quantities at frequent intervals, and between meals rather than at them. It will be found that water will diminish dropsy rather than provoke it, especially if it is alkaline and slightly purgative in action. Professor Semmola, of Naples, recommends the following drink for the daily and habitual use of patients with Bright's disease: