Identifier: diseasesofkidney01kell (find matches)
Title: Diseases of the kidneys, ureters and bladder, with special reference to the diseases of women
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Kelly, Howard A. (Howard Atwood), 1858-1943 Brödel, Max, 1870-1941 Burnam, Curtis Field, 1877-
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Publisher: New York, London : D. Appleton and company

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ureters, and examination of the sepa-rated specimens of urine. As pointed out in Functional Diagnosis, markedlesions of the kidney may be determined by comparative functional tests, sothat not only is it possible to say that the pus comes from the kidney, but it isalso often easy to state what part of the kidney is involved and what is thedegree of involvement. In this connection undoubted aid can be furnishedby X-ray pictures, both those with and without injections of collargol. HEMATURIA. The many possible sources of pus in the urine are well illustrated by theaccompanying figure, 110. Bleeding from any part of the urinary tract may give rise to that mixtureof blood and urine called hematuria. Most authors limit this term to those HEMATURIA. 219 cases where enough blood is present to be macroscopically visible. We woiihi,however, apply it to all cases of blood in the urine. Blood, even more markedlythan pus, attracts the patients attention and takes him to a physician. Hydatid c_yst
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Tuberc. abic. Pyelitis Absc. of verm.app Tubal absc.\ Ov. absc. \ \ ^^J^upture of intestmc Pyoureter above /,.-?\ ^^^p strict in ureter^f \\ ^^ Trig, ulcerand cystitis Site ol rapt, of dermoidcyst on perit. Surf. Acetab. abse. Strict, of uret. ori^.Suburetl). absc Skenes glands^Fig. 110.—Diagram Showing Various Sources of Pus in the Urine. Occurrence. —The frequency of hematuria, aside from that due to Brightsdisease, is difficult to ascertain. In a general w^ay it seems commoner in menthan in women. It is remarkable how little attention is accorded it by many 220 PYURIA, HEMATURIA, PNEUMATURIA AND HEMOGLOBINURIA. general practitioners. It occurs very frequently, as would be expected fromits numerous causes. Source. —Blood in the urine neither indicates the part of the tract it comesfrom nor its causatory disease. As will be pointed out, the clinical history, theassociated findings in the urine, and the physical examination of the body as awhole, and of the urinary tract in part

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