On the pathology and treatment of albuminuria / by William H. Dickinson.

  • Dickinson, W. Howship (William Howship), 1832-1913.
Date:
1877
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Credit: On the pathology and treatment of albuminuria / by William H. Dickinson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER VIII. CLINICAL HISTORY OF GRANULAR DEGENERATION. PAGK Sex and age of its subjects—Causes and antecedents—Unconnected with tubercle — Climatic predisposition — Heredity — Gout, lead and alcohol—Valvular disease of heart; example of this origin of the renal disorder—Pregnancy ; instances of renal disease produced there¬ by—Scarlatina, intermittent fever, retention of urine and general fibrosis as causes of granular degeneration . . . . .143 CHAPTER IX. SYMPTOMS OP GRANULAR DEGENERATION OF THE KIDNEY. Insidious beginning—Change of complexion—Early signs—Signs of more advanced disease—Dyspepsia—Dropsy—Mental depression—Uraemic asthma—Haemorrhagic attacks, apoplexy, retinal haemorrhage—In¬ flammatory complications ; ulceration of bowel—Cerebral uraemia— Table of symptoms—Urine: its general microscopic and chemical characters—Cases illustrating the progress and complications of the disease . . . . . . . . . . . .173 CHAPTER X. TREATMENT OF GRANULAR DEGENERATION. Capable of alleviation though not of cure—Change of climate—Use of Turkish and vapour baths—Of purgatives—Iron—Food and drink— Treatment of dropsy by iron, diuretics, purging, sweating, and punc¬ ture—Of dyspepsia and vomiting—Of uraemic head symptoms—In¬ tolerance of opium—Treatment of inflammatory attacks, of renal asthma, of laryngeal oedema, of apoplexy, and of epistaxis—Induc¬ tion of premature labour—Cases illustrating therapeutical points . 215 CHAPTER XI. PATHOLOGY OF THE LARDACEOUS DISEASE. Organic change variously designated—Widely distributed—Parts affected —Deposition of new material detected by reaction of iodine— Situations and characters of deposit—Resembles dealkalized fibrine —Mineral constituents of affected organs—Organic enlargement con-