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Clinical Treatises on the Pathology and Therapy of Disorders of Metabolism and Nutrition (Volume 2) - Softcover
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903. Excerpt: ... V. THE PRINCIPLES UNDERLYING THE DIETETIC AND PHYSICAL TREATMENT OF CONTRACTED KIDNEY. (a) General Considerations. I will now discuss the treatment of chronic contracted kidney. I have already discussed the customary dietetic therapy of this form of nephritis, but have not yet touched on other methods of treatment (compare page 14). As far as I can see a number of methods of treatment have been adopted in this disease that are not really justifiable even though they are commonly employed. The chief error that is made by practising physicians in general is that they apply principles that are correct, or at least permissible in the treatment of acute forms of nephritis, to the treatment of contracted kidney. The latter disease is an essentially chronic condition. In the least favorable cases, provided unforeseen complications do not abbreviate the course of the disease, the condition persists for many years; in favorable cases it persists for many decades; complete recovery is excluded. Our chief aim must therefore be to prolong the course of the disease as much as possible, and to enable the patients to maintain their strength, to continue their work and to enjoy life for years and decades. The essential postulates in the treatment of atrophic nephritis are to protect the kidney from noxious influences, to strengthen the whole organism, to spare the heart on the one hand, and to strengthen the heart muscle on the other. In the first place, then, we must treat the lesion of the kidney itself; in addition every patient with contracted kidney must be treated like a sufferer from heart disease, in some cases like a patient with valvular diseases in which compensation is good, in others like a patient with valvular disease in which compensation is failing. Psyc...
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- PublisherGeneral Books LLC
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 0217793924
- ISBN 13 9780217793926
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages28
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