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Observations sur l’urine humaine.

J. Méd. Chir Pharm., 40, 451-68. 1773.

Discovery of urea, independently of Boerhaave. Rouelle isolated urea as the alcohol-soluble substance from urine. He was the first to present proof of the high nitrogen content of urea.

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