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IN this extremely valuable monograph Prof. Cushny gives an admirable account of the kidney, and discusses the various views held as to its functions. Many other matters, such as the action of drugs upon it and the changes that occur in disease, are included, and the bibliography appended is of a most complete kind. The centre of interest in the book, however, is the presentation of the authors own views on the theory of kidney activity. The main theories discussed are naturally those associated with the historic names of Bowman and Ludwig. Bowman's View, with, modifications introduced by Heidenhain and others, is at the present time the one most favoured by the majority of physiologists; Prof, Cushn'ys view, which he terms the “modern view”, is, a, modified Ludwig hypothesis: secretion (a. pure filtration) occurs at the glomerulus, and this fluid is converted into more concentrated urine by reabsorption which takes place in the tubules.
The Secretion of the Urine.
By Prof. A. R. Cushny. (Monographs on Physiology.) Pp. xi + 241. (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1917.) Price 9s. net.
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The Secretion of the Urine . Nature 99, 304 (1917). https://doi.org/10.1038/099304b0
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