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K., Bright's Disease 

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K., Cir- 

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K., Fatty, one the 



K.. Floating, 

 rable 



.. v. K., Granular. Same as A'. , 



K., Head, the pronephron. 



K.. Hilum of. See Hilum. K., Hobnail. Same 



K., Horseshoe, a con- 

 dtal deformity in which the two kidneys are joined 



nerally at the lower, but occasionally at 

 lecting band, composed either 



: substance or of linn fibrous tissue. K., 

 Lardaceous. Same as A., Amyloid, a. v. K., 

 Large Mottled, that of parenchymatous nephritis, 

 mottled with gray patches. K., Large Red, the 

 kid: Bright's Disease extravasated with blood. 



K., Large White, one affected with lardaceous de- 

 generation ; also, that of the advanced stage of 

 chronic parenchymatous nephritis. K., Microcystic, 

 one containing many small cysts. K., Movable. 



iting. K. of Pregnancy, is described as 

 an anemic kidney with fatty infiltration of the epithelial 

 cells, but without any acute or chronic inflamma- 

 tion, occurring in pregnant women. It is possibly due 

 to a diminution of the blood-supply from tonic con- 

 traction of the renal arteries, produced by the pres- 

 ence of effete matter in the blood. Albumin is found 

 in the urine. K., Palpable. See A'., Floating. K., 

 Pelvis of, the funnel-shaped expansion or dilated 

 portion of the ureter formed by the junction of the 

 infundibula. K., Pigback, a name proposed for the 

 large congested kidney found in alcoholics. K. -plant, 

 the Baccharis pilUlaris. K., Primordial, the meso- 



Bowman's Capsule and Glomerulus. 

 (/. Vas afferens. e Vas efferens. c Capillary network of the 

 cortex, k. Endothelium of the capsule, h. Origin of a con- 

 voluted tubule. (Landois.) 



nephron. K., Red Contracted. Same as A '. , Arterio- 

 sclerotic, q. 7 . K.-root, the root and lower part of the 

 stem of Baccharis pilularis ; used in cystitis. Unof. 

 K., Scrofulous, one affected with tuberculous dis 



e, in which the kidney-substance is largely de- 



pyed, nothing being left but a sac with thickened 

 fibrous walls, filled with a yellow creamy or putty-like 

 material containing fatty masses, cholesterin, tubercu- 

 lous debris, and occasionally calcareous matter. K., 

 Sigmoid, a congenital anomaly intermediate between 

 the horseshoe form and complete fusion. K., Small 

 Red Granular. Same as A'., Arteriosclerotic t q. v. 

 K., Small White, the final stage of the large white 



kidney after loss of its substanci i t atrophy or de 



ion. K., Spotted. Same as A". Large Mot- 



i. K., Surgical, a name sometimes given to pyelo- 



n distention of the kidney attended with 



inflammation, abscesses of the cortex, anil retention 



urine mixed with fetid pus. K., Syphilitic, 

 on< ither gummata oi resulting scars. 



