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...Exercise also seems to cause constriction of the efferent arterioles, the vessels that lead out of the glomeruli, the kidney's filtration units. The result is a backup that increases pressure in the glomeruli and makes them more permeable, allowing proteins and blood cells to pass through the glomerular membranes and ultimately into the urine...
...excreted in the urine. Ben A. gradually lost the use of his kidneys, probably because of a long-ago streptococcal infection similar to the type that commonly causes rheumatic heart disease. In his case the infection touched off a form of Bright's disease known as glomerular nephritis (inflammation in and around the filtering capillaries). Around Christmas 1959, the disease threatened to kill him. University of Washington Internist Belding H. Scribner could have kept Ben A. alive for a few weeks by hooking him up to the artificial kidney at short intervals. But this would have needed frequent surgery...
...Wearn sets forth the results of some original investigations on kidney function, and was selected for the award of the Boylston Prize on account of its value in cleaning up many of the uncertainties, in regard to this subject. The essay was entitled, "Observation on the composition of the Glomerular Urine with Particular Reference to the Problem of Reabsorption in the Renal Tubules...
...PATHOLOGICAL COLLOQUIUM. "An Unusual Glomerular Lesion in the Kidney." Dr. W. T. Councilman. "A Congenital Obliteration of the Bile Duct. Report of a Case." Dr. L. J. Rhea. "Wright's Principles of Immunization." Dr. F. P. Gay. Lecture Room, Building D, Medical School, Longwood avenue, Boston, 4.30 P. M. Open to members of the University and to physicians...
...PATHOLOGICAL COLLOQUIUM. "An Unusual Glomerular Lesion in the Kidney." Dr. W. T. Councilman. "A Congenital Obliteration of the Bile Duct. Report of a Case." Dr. L. J. Rhea. "Wright's Principles of Immunization." Dr. F. P. Gay. Lecture Room, Building D, Medical School, Longwood avenue, Boston, 4.30 P. M. Open to members of the University and to physicians...