On granular kidney and physiological albuminuria : being the Lettsomian lectures delivered before the Medical Society of London

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Prologue

The invitation to deliver the Lettsomian Lectures before this ancient Society has been accepted in times past with full appreciation of the honour by many of the most distinguished members of the profession. The great names upon that list have aroused in me the natural fear that my ability may prove unequal to the task, yet I trust that with their example and your indulgence I may succeed in making the present Lectures not unworthy altogether of a place in the series.

In choosing granular kidney, I was guided by the wish to select a subject which should be of practical importance, and therefore of general interest, and at the same time one upon which I could speak from personal experience.