The physiological family physician : designed for families and individuals / by Calvin Cutter.

  • Calvin Cutter
Date:
1845
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    OF THE KIDNEYS. sed into the bladder, which is a membranous organ, placed in the pelvic cavity. The bladder is composed of three coats, or membranes, like the intestines. The external or serous, the middle or muscular, the interna], or lining coat, named the mucous membrane. This is lined, or shielded, by a coating of mucus, which protects the membrane from the irritation of the urine. Fig. 51. ic thin membrane surrounding the kidney. Immediately beneath this covering is a peculiar substance called the cortical, or bark, that sends inward prolongations ; between which, is placed the medullary portion 2, 2, 2,2. The pelvis is seen at 4, while 3 marks the ureter. GRAVEL AND STRANGURY. The kidneys, bladder, and their appendages, are of- ten diseased, and most frequently the disease is termed gravel. Although the disease does exist, it is not as common as most people imagine. Many influences com- bine to render these organs the seat of disease. They receive a vast amount of blood, from which the urine is secreted, and if this blood is impure, the urine will also be loaded with impurities. It is well known if a person take a quantity of the oil of turpentine into his stomach, k 10*
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