. The anatomy and physiology of the human body. Containing the anatomy of the bones, muscles, and joints; and the heart and arteries . e these vague opinions by the minute examination of thestructure of the kidney ; and he seems to have known almostall that we now know. Though we do not acquiesce in hisopinions regarding the final and minute structure, he describesaccurately every part of the gland. In the first place, when we examine the outward appearanceof the kidney of the foetus, we observe that it is not, like thatof the adult, smooth and uniform, but tuberculated or lobulat-ed; that it
. The anatomy and physiology of the human body. Containing the anatomy of the bones, muscles, and joints; and the heart and arteries . e these vague opinions by the minute examination of thestructure of the kidney ; and he seems to have known almostall that we now know. Though we do not acquiesce in hisopinions regarding the final and minute structure, he describesaccurately every part of the gland. In the first place, when we examine the outward appearanceof the kidney of the foetus, we observe that it is not, like thatof the adult, smooth and uniform, but tuberculated or lobulat-ed; that it consists of distinct parts, or glands united to-gether. Again, when we examine the kidneys of other ani-mals, we find in several instances that the full-grown animalretains this lobulated form. In short, it immediately strikesus, that the kidney is not a uniform mass of glandular matter,but that it most resembles those glands which they call con-glomerate, and which consist of several compartments ordistinct glands united together. Accordingly a section of a kidney shows us that this is the fact. Example of the Lobulated The* section of the kidney shows us these parts. First, wesee towards the suiface that which is called the cortical or * Explanation of the annexed B C D. The several divisions of the kidney which give it the lobulated figure. J • ? E E. The cortical part of the kidney, being the outer, and, it is supposed,•he secreting part. OF THE KIDNEY. 267 glandular part E. Secondly, striie, converging towards thecentre of the kidney, being what is called the tubular part ofthe kidney.* These tubuli are divided into fasciculi, taking aconical shape; and these converging unite at the apex; twoor three of them united form a papilla. The papillas are ge-nerally ten or twelve in number, or even more, in each kidney ;their points are received into the extremity of the infundibula;they pour the urine into these tubes, which is collected in thepelvis. When we
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