The anatomic histological processes of Bright's disease and their relation to the functional changes : lectures delivered in the Russell Sage Institute of Pathology, City Hospital, New York, during the winter of 1909 / by Horst Oertel.

  • Oertel, Horst, 1873-1956.
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1910
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Credit: The anatomic histological processes of Bright's disease and their relation to the functional changes : lectures delivered in the Russell Sage Institute of Pathology, City Hospital, New York, during the winter of 1909 / by Horst Oertel. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of the process, at least, prepares the proper way for its under- standin.i!:. These points I had constantly Ijpforo my eyes in the delivery of these lectures. Some may find, perhaps, a more extensive review of ele- mentary and <i;eneral patholo<!,ical questions than may seem warranted to tlieni by the nature of the subject in a <iraduate course. After deliberation, I have concluded, however, not to eliminate them in the publication of these lectures, for the activ- ity of investi<iators has been so productive that such reviews mi<>lit possibly be welcome to those who have been unable to completely follow these subjects. Some of them have had important contributions since these lectures were ready for publication. Particularly in the doctrine of fat degeneration and fat infiltration, the views still undergo a kaleidoscopic change. Many of the ideas expressed in the following pages are based on data collected by me and former and present assistants dur- ing a period of six years at the City Hospital. My greatest indebtedness is to Dr. Lindsay ^lilne, who has sacrificed much of his own time and thought, and to whom I owe the selec- tion of typical pictures for the accompanying plates. They were executed by Mr. Martin, the artist of the Russell Sage In- stitute. The generosity of the Trustees of the Russell Sage Institute made the publication possible. To the publishers I owe very hearty cooperation and valuable suggestions. I may fittingly introduce these lectures after the manner of Morgagni in his great De sedibus et causis morborum per anatomem indagatis: Crassus in Cicero. ''De oratore. II, 6. 25, quotes Lucilius as follows: C. Lucilius, homo et doctus et perurbanus dicere solebat neque se ah indoctissimis neque a doctissimis legi velle, quod alteri nihil intellegerent, alteri plus fortasse quam ipse.'' '^ C. Lucilius^ a learned and very polished