. Selected monographs, comprising Albuminuria in health and disease. ? cjBccci.^^ 9X. (^Alvi. (SvA-M^e- iitlv. cy-vtAfc. vvvv cyi.,tf)>t-C- A CONTRIBUTION TO THE THEOEY OF UllINAHY SECRETIONS It is well known that there arc, at the present time, twoopposite theories on the subject of the secretion of urine;one of these may be described as the filtration theory, theother the secretion theory. The former, originated, as woall know, by Ludwig, transfers the entire process of secre-tion to the Malpighian corpuscles, and assumes that thefiltered fluid is subsequently converted into urine in
. Selected monographs, comprising Albuminuria in health and disease. ? cjBccci.^^ 9X. (^Alvi. (SvA-M^e- iitlv. cy-vtAfc. vvvv cyi.,tf)>t-C- A CONTRIBUTION TO THE THEOEY OF UllINAHY SECRETIONS It is well known that there arc, at the present time, twoopposite theories on the subject of the secretion of urine;one of these may be described as the filtration theory, theother the secretion theory. The former, originated, as woall know, by Ludwig, transfers the entire process of secre-tion to the Malpighian corpuscles, and assumes that thefiltered fluid is subsequently converted into urine in accord-ance with purely physical laws. I may take it for grantedthat this view is well known. In like manner I need not enter upon a minute discussionof the objections to this theory, and which, especially oflate, have assumed some prominence. Although these donot all possess an. equal amount of demonstrative force, and,from the standpoint of Ludwigs theory, one or other ofthem may be invalidated (as I shall by-and-bye have someopportunity of showing), it must be admi
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