Excerpt from Modern Methods in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Renal Disease

This monograph was written in response to requests from various medical men who felt the need of a short practical account of some of the newer methods employed in investigating the renal function. In recent years considerable advances have been made in this branch of medicine, but much of the work lies scattered throughout the literature of various countries and is not accessible to the busy general practitioner. The present volume is an attempt to satisfy this want, it comprises, to a certain extent, work that has already been published by the author, chiefly in conjunction with Dr. O. L. V. de Wesselow, of St. Thomas's Hospital.

Since the book is intended principally for the general practitioner, it contains only the briefest allusions to theoretical points, and no references to literature are given. The statements made in connection with the various tests are founded on a very extensive experience of renal patients, and only those tests have been included which were found to be of practical clinical value and which are easily carried out.

In connection with the subject of renal tests a word of warning may perhaps be necessary. In every case the clinical symptoms must be carefully considered, but, as this part of the subject is discussed in all the ordinary text-books, it was considered superfluous to devote much space to it here. The necessity for a thorough study of the clinical manifestations cannot, however, be too strongly emphasised.

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