A treatise on Bright's disease of the kidneys : its pathology, diagnosis, and treatment ... / By Henry B. Millard.

  • Millard, Henry B., 1832-1893.
Date:
1884
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Credit: A treatise on Bright's disease of the kidneys : its pathology, diagnosis, and treatment ... / By Henry B. Millard. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREFACE. I HAVE only to say of this volume that it is the result of the experience of nearly twenty-six years of hospital and extensive private practice, and of several years' study in the laboratory, of pathological and healthy kidneys of men and animals. The illustrations were all drawn by myself from kidneys, with the exception of Figures 1, 2, and 7, which are taken from other au- thors, and 4, 5, 6, and 12, which were drawn for me from my own preparations. In perusing the works of many writers upon nephritis, I may in some instances unconsciously have incorpo- rated their ideas without according due credit. I have endeavored, however, carefully to fulfil all obligations of this kind. As I have shown in the context, the term Bright's disease, as understood by Bright himself, does not comprise every condition of nephritis, but as most of the conditions I have described are generally understood as belonging to Bright's disease, I have given my work this title, though the nomenclature is by no means exact. I have usually employed instead, throughout the book, the word nephritis. I have used exclusively the word albumin instead of