Also by the same Author ON DROPSY, AND ITS CONNECTION WITH DISEASES OF THE KIDNEYS, HEART, LUNGS, AND LIVER. Illustrated by numerous drawings from the microscope. Third edition, 8vo, 12s. 6d. RENAL DISEASES; A CLINICAL GUIDE TO THEIR DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT. Post 8vo, 7s. SENIOR FELLOW OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS; FORMERLY CENSOR AND CROONIAN LECTURER, B29 1872 вль 1872 AIDS TO THE DIAGNOSIS OF DISEASES OF THE KIDNEYS. IT has appeared to the author that what has been of use to himself may be of advantage to others. For many years it has been his custom to make drawings of the objects seen in the urinary sediment of every case of renal disease in which he has been consulted. These drawings in process of time have become very numerous, and embrace almost every form of disease of these organs. They have been, and continue to be, faithful indicators of the probable course of those diseases in which an albuminous state of the urine is a prominent characteristic. Both in his clinical teaching and in his clinical examinations the author has often been surprised at the perplexity of students in comprehending the nature and character of these several objects seen in albuminous urine. Even in consultations he has been equally surprised at the mistakes into which those not constantly at work with the microscope unconsciously fall. With the purpose of rendering the value of a microscopic examination of urinary sediments the greater to those whose time may not permit or whose opportunities may be rare for study and frequent microscopic research, the accompanying plates are offered, containing examples of all the most typical objects found. in albuminous urine, with a short, succinct account of the patient from whom the urine came, the general character of the symptoms, their duration, and, in all cases where it could be ascertained, the termination in death or recovery. These figures, it is hoped, will serve as standards of comparison, by which the student or young practitioner will be enabled, in conjunction with. the short detail of the symptoms, to apply a practical and crucial test to the case he may have under observation. The author has carefully avoided introducing into this present work any matter or subject that should in any way interfere with the simple record of a series of clinical facts, which he hopes may, in the form here presented, be of some service to those engaged in the absorbing duties of general medical practice. 17, CHESTER STREET, BELGRAVE SQUARE; July, 1872. |