CONTEIBUTIONS 



TO THE 



PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY 



OF THE 



CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD. 



ON THE MODE OF PRODUCTION OF 



ALBUMINOUS URINE IN GRANULAR (BRIGHT'S) 

 DISEASE OF THE KIDNEY. 



[From an Inquiry into the Nature of Granular Disease of the Kidney, 

 and its Mode of Action in producing Albuminous Uriue. London : 

 1842.] 



PERHAPS the most important, and certainly not the 

 least difficult part of the subject, is the explanation 

 of the peculiarities in the composition of the urine 

 secreted in the different stages of this disease, com- 

 prising its albuminous impregnation and its low 

 specific gravity. 



It may be well, before entering on the exposition 

 of the views which I have been led to adopt on this 

 point, to mention briefly the various theories which 

 have been advanced for the purpose of solving the 



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