Selected monographs.

Date:: 1888

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$among women. Tlius Howitz observed 34 cases, Ohrolaclc 19, and I myself 42. Bietl stated the proportion of women to men as 100 to i, but tbis is certainly an exaggeration. The right hidney is the one most commonly found moveable. A Autuor. No. of Ki dneys moveable. cases. llight. Left. x>oi/Xj. Aberle .... Eayer .... 4 7 4 5 I I -t'leti . » . . EoUet .... 9 22 8 18 I Henoch . .. . 6 5 3 I Sueneau de-Mussy . 12 11 I I Jago .... 5 5 Schultze-. 3 3 Kowatscli 5 5 Thun .... 4 3 I Kliipfer .... 3 3 Fonrrier.... 6 5 I Xeppler .... II 10 1 Oerum-Howitz 34 28 4 2 Landau .... 42 39 I 2 173 152 12 9 If we add to these 5 other cases of double moveable kidney {PMUppson, Wiltshio-e, Eenlop, Schiff, Schenher, and Euntei\ having observed one case apiece) we get 178 cases of move- able kidney, 151 right-sided, 13 left-sided, and 14 bilateral. Author. Cases Kidneys moveable. collected. Eight. Left. Both. Hare .... Lancereaux Ebstein .... 23 43 91 18 31 65 5 5 14 7 12 157 114 24 19 An opposite proportion is observed in cougenital malposi- tion of the kidney, which, as we learn from the statistics of Willis and Gruler, is far more frequently found on the left side.$

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