Excerpt from Surgical Diseases of the Kidney This work contains a brief description of the normal regional anatomy, and a pretty full account of the malformations and other abnormal anatomical con ditions of the kidney, subjects of much importance to the surgeon Who is about to perform any operation on the organ 5 also systematic accounts of the injuries and diseases of the kidney; and of the methods of performing the several renal Operations, namely, nephrectomy, nephro - lithotomy, nephrotomy, aspira tory puncture, and nephrorraphy. Under the diseases are included somewhat detailed descriptions of those affections of the kidney which are secondary to obstruction in, or operations upon, the lower urinary organs, such as suppurative nephritis, the various forms of urinary fever, hydro-nephrosis, and pyo nephrosis. 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.