Selected monographs.

Date:
1888
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Credit: Selected monographs. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PAGE IV. Albuminuria, as dependent upon Deqeneeation of the Renal Epithelium . . . . . -77 The renal epithelium is considered as a protective against the escape of albumen. Albuminuria in fatty degeneration of the epithelium (pliospborus-poisoning, pernicious anicmia), in parenchymatous degeneration and coagulation-necrosis. Origin of albumen from metamorphosed epithelium. Y. The Condition of the Blood as iNFLUENCiNa the Pbo- duction of Albuminuria . . . ., . 94 Quantitative changes in the composition of the blood, especially with regard to the quantity of dissolved albumen, salts, and urea, and their influence upon the filtration of albumen under physiological conditions (albuminuria of digestion). Influence of the same under pathological conditions. Qualitative changes. The appearance of egg-albumen and other soluble albuminous substances in the blood, the occurrence of peptone, propeptone, and dissolved hasmoglobin, under physiological and pathological conditions. Influence of increase in the temperature of the blood upon filtration. Condition of the specific secretion. YI. Certain peculiar Poems of Morbid Albuminuria . . 108 The impossibility of explaining all forms of morbid albumin- uria. Albuminuria in congestion, convulsions, poisoning. Febrile albuminuria. Albuminuria in cholera and diarrha?a. Albuminuria in the various forms of nephritis, acute and chronic nephritis, and cirrhosis of the kidney. Various difEerences. Amyloid degeneration of the kidneys.