. Selected monographs. 1. Left l«clney. 2. Itight kidiifjy. 3. Lett renal veiu kiuked and twisted. 4. Right reniil vein compressed. 5. Ureter. 6. Abdominal aorta. 7. Vena cava inferior. There are, perhaps^ few patliological processes whicli havebeen so accurately investigated as the coarser disturbancesof circulation in the renal vein. Max Hermann and Ludioig(114) found that after tying the renal vein the tubuli uriniferibecame completely closed in consequence of the obstructionto the return of the blood, so that the secretion of urineceased. If the renal vein became pervious again, the secre-
. Selected monographs. 1. Left l«clney. 2. Itight kidiifjy. 3. Lett renal veiu kiuked and twisted. 4. Right reniil vein compressed. 5. Ureter. 6. Abdominal aorta. 7. Vena cava inferior. There are, perhaps^ few patliological processes whicli havebeen so accurately investigated as the coarser disturbancesof circulation in the renal vein. Max Hermann and Ludioig(114) found that after tying the renal vein the tubuli uriniferibecame completely closed in consequence of the obstructionto the return of the blood, so that the secretion of urineceased. If the renal vein became pervious again, the secre-tion of urine became quickly reestablished. Litten andBuchivald (115) who completely tied the renal vein, saw thekidney very quickly swell up, as the following example within four hours of the ligature of the vein, the weight 296 MOVEABLE KIDNEY IN WOxMEN. ¥lG. Lcfb :lit renal renal renal arterj. 7. lliglit renal vein twisted and kinked. 8. Tiie ureter bent round and wrou^ly inserted. 9. Abdominal \ena cava interior. tiiid iiicasurcmcuts of tlic two kidii03-s bore the lollowing pro-portion« to cacli other : lidhhiis KIdiici/. Side not ligatured. Side ligatured. Weight . 47 grammes. bj grammes. Length . 29 centimetres Breadtli . • i4 ,, Thickness • i5 }} 22 JJreadth of cortex 0*25 0-3 MOVEABLE KIDNEY IN WOMEN. 297 No inflammatory processes were remarked. The ligatured,kiduey usually became rapidly smaller after the sixth day,and very soon returned to its former size. In some casesthe ligatured kiduey became atrophied after some weeks. Gohnheim (ii6) observes that when the renal vein is tied,the kidney swells up so rapidly from obstruction to thereturn of blood and from the supervention of ODdema, thatin less than an hour it may be twice as heavy and
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