Excerpt from A Practical Treatise on Diseases of the Kidneys and Urinary Derangements The obj ect of the present volume is to present the student and practitioner With a, clear, concise, and systematic account of urinary pathology and therapeutics, based upon the latest ascertained facts, and supported by the best authorities. For this purpose, I have endeavoured to make myself acquainted With the recent literature on the subject; more especially the contributions made to our Societies, and the discussions resulting therefrom. Throughout I have endeavoured to put prominently forward the characters upon Which the diagnosis of the various renal and urinary diseases is founded, andtheir treatment indicated. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.