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

  • Dickinson, W. Howship (William Howship), 1832-1913.
Date:
1868
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Credit: On the pathology and treatment of albuminuria / by William H. Dickinson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    LIST OF PLATES. PLATE J., to face title-page. Sectiox of a Kidney in a state of acute Tubal Nephritis, the result of Scarla- tina. The case is given at length (Yallance, page 69). The kidney is much congested, though that condition is partly hidden by the opaque -white matter which occupies the tubes, and causes the increase of size in the cortex. Owing to this congestion, the organ is not so white as it is apt to become later in the disease. The surface of the organ is not shown. It was perfectly smooth. PLATE II., to face page 26. A Section cut from a Kidney affected by Tubal Nephritis, in which Fatty Degeneration of the Epithelium has taken place to a considerable extent. The tubes are not evenly obstructed, but patches of tubes are distended to opacity, while others are clear and translucent. The tubes are all in contact with each other, showing the absence of any intertubular growth. The section was made from a portion of kidney which had been boiled. The organ from which the section was obtained was a beautiful specimen of the speckled kidney described in page 26. The surface was smooth to the touch. The tubes were loaded with fatty epithelium. The subject of the disease was a boy, who died during an attack of con- vulsions, having had albuminuria and general dropsy for ten weeks. The cause of the attack was uncertain. PLATE IK., to face page 42. Fig. 1. State of the Tubes in Nephritis. The epithelial lining has generally beeu removed, while the tubes are occupied by epithelial cells and fibrinous matter. Both the epithelium and the fibrino\is matter are in some cases dotted with oil globides. Loth convoluted and straight tubes are seen, the former being th more distended. (See p. 23.)