. The practice of pediatrics. Fig. 53.—Chronic nephritis beforeEdebohls operation. Fig. 54.—Same case as Fig. 53 afterEdebohls operation. Illustrative Case.—A three-year-old girl, a patient in the Babies Hospital inmy service, presented the typical picture of advanced chronic nephritis (see ). The usual treatment with calomel, salines, colonic flushings, and hot packsand diuretics failed to make any impression. The urine presented the usualchanges and was very scanty. After two weeks of unavailing treatment, dur-ing which period the child became constantly worse, the Edebohls operation o

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. The practice of pediatrics. Fig. 53.—Chronic nephritis beforeEdebohls operation. Fig. 54.—Same case as Fig. 53 afterEdebohls operation. Illustrative Case.—A three-year-old girl, a patient in the Babies Hospital inmy service, presented the typical picture of advanced chronic nephritis (see ). The usual treatment with calomel, salines, colonic flushings, and hot packsand diuretics failed to make any impression. The urine presented the usualchanges and was very scanty. After two weeks of unavailing treatment, dur-ing which period the child became constantly worse, the Edebohls operation ofdecapsulation of the kidney was performed by Dr. William A. Downes, of NewYork city. The kidney secretion gradually increased—the urine showing but atrace of albumin two weeks after the operation. The thirteenth day following theoperation the child had lost 16J^ pounds in weight and presented the appearanceseen in Fig. 54. There was an interval of two weeks between the time of takingt he two photographs. During conva

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