I. On Certain Points in the Anatomy and Pathology of Bright's Disease of the Kidney. II. On the Influence of the Minute Blood-Vessels upon the Circulation

Abstract

IT is now generally admitted by pathologists and practical phvsicians that cases of chronic Bright's disease may be arranged in two distinct classes.The first class includes cases in which the kidneys after death are found of small size, of red colour, and with an uneven granular surface; while in the second class are included those cases in which the kid- neys are large, white, and smooth on the surface.In a paper which was published in the 42nd vol. of the ' Medico- Chirurgical Transactions' I pointed out the chief features in the anatomical characters and in the clinical history of the two classes of cases by which they may be distinguished from each other.