This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ... the result, the white spot being masses of fibrous tissue. If this fibrous tissue is uniformly deposited. throughout the kidney and does not cicatrize, the kidney is enlarged, dense, and hard--one of the types of the large white kidney. Granular kidneys are the result of the proliferation, and later ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ... the result, the white spot being masses of fibrous tissue. If this fibrous tissue is uniformly deposited. throughout the kidney and does not cicatrize, the kidney is enlarged, dense, and hard--one of the types of the large white kidney. Granular kidneys are the result of the proliferation, and later cicatrization, of fibrous tissue in and around the glomeruli or tubules. Granular kidneys have rough, small projections thickly studded over the surface; such kidneys are usually of a red color. The extensive proliferation and cicatrization of fibrous tissue in all the cortical substance, when associated with a thickening of the capsule, produce the small, hard, or sclerotic kidney. Microscopically excessive quantities of fibrous tissue are found, and the parenchymatous tissue is diminished, due to pressure atrophy. Sometimes there may be large areas of fibrous tissue in which no parenchymatous tissue appears or only remnants of tubules or glomeruli. _ Symptoms.--Records of the clinical evidence of chronic interstitial nephritis in swine are wanting. Swine with extensive kidney lesions are usually in fair condition when they are observed at the time of slaughter. Treatment.--The application of therapeutic agents for the relief of chronic interstitial nephritis in swine has not been practiced. Should such a case be diagnosed, the removal of the cause and the provision of good quarters and wholesome food would probably be sufficient until the animal was in condition for slaughter. PYELONEPHRITIS Pyelonephritis is an inflammation of the pelvis of the kidney, a condition that has been observed in swine but is rare. Etiology.--Calculi and parasites are frequently predisposing factors in this disease. Primarily, the disease is the result of...
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