Renal tension and its treatment by surgical means / by Reginald Harrison.

  • Harrison, Reginald, 1837-1908.
Date:
[1901]
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Credit: Renal tension and its treatment by surgical means / by Reginald Harrison. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    received adequate attention, and that its con- sideration might lead to some revision in our views relative to renal pathology and treatment. The publication of my paper was followed by many favourable criticisms in the medical press both at home and abroad, and clearly indicated that others shared my views and regarded them as original and worthy of atten- tion. For these reasons it has been thought that this subject, now sufficiently ventilated and further matured, might for the first time in its history, as far as I can gather, be sub- mitted for discussion, and it is with this object that I have prepared this summary. I propose to deal with it briefly under three headings. (1) What grounds are there for believing that the immediate effects of tension may be, amongst other causes, the starting-point for some of those pathological changes in the kidney which are included under the term of Bright’s disease or nephritis ? (2) In what class of cases are there reasons for thinking that direct surgical intervention for the relief of tension and its effects is applicable, and how are we to arrive at this conclusion ? (3) In what manner should the latter be practised ? In reference to the first point, it must be