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Immunology is a rapidly developing subject. The contributors in this book present some components of immunological knowledge which relate to the present and the possible future practice of surgery. Aspects of cellular and humoral immunity necessary for understanding are described and considera­ tion given to the mechanisms underlying immunological diseases. Whilst the original interest in immune response was related to microbial resistance, th...

In 1963 Professor Huggins! wrote "more than one half of the male population over the age of 50 suffer from benign tumors known as prostatic hypertrophy. Often an enlarged prostate is the only difficulty to cloud an otherwise tranquil old age". This statement emphasizes two important features of benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH), the frequency with which it occurs and its association with increasing age. The true incidence is difficult to dete...

1 Acute renal failure.- 2 Chronic renal failure.- 3 Peritoneal dialysis.- 4 Vascular access.- 5 Hospital haemodialysis.- 6 Home haemodialysis.- 7 Immunogenetics of tissue grafting.- 8 Renal transplantation.

An immunological approach to the treatment of cancer has many theoretical features to commend it. There should be specificity, so that tumour cells alone are destroyed whilst normal tissues are unaffected. Provided the tumour is uni­ form and all of the cells have appropriate antigens, every malignant cell should be destroyed and even distant metastases dealt with. So far these speculative advantages are unfulfilled and the initial optimism th...