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Lady Sybil died of eclampsia, a condition of unknown cause that used to be called “toxemia of pregnancy.”

TOXEMIAS.—In order to understand what are known as the toxemias of pregnancy, we must remember that the nutrition of our bodies involves three separate and distinct sets of processes.

By far the most important members of this group are the toxemias of pregnancy.

Although the kidneys are not responsible for all the toxemias of pregnancy, an analysis of the urine affords the most definite means of determining whether or not such a condition is present.