Medicine, Volume 1Joseph McFarland, Harold Nicholas Moyer G. S. Davis, 1895 |
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... growth , and vascular on the surface ; they weigh anywhere from a few ounces to many pounds , seven or eight pounds being a common size . In my experience they have been always unilateral . Either kidney may be affected . They may ...
... growth , and vascular on the surface ; they weigh anywhere from a few ounces to many pounds , seven or eight pounds being a common size . In my experience they have been always unilateral . Either kidney may be affected . They may ...
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... growth in 14 , the left in 12 . Symptoms . In reaching a correct diagnosis , we depend in the first place upon the presence of a tumor of rapid growth , springing from the loin , and displacing the abdominal contents forward and to the ...
... growth in 14 , the left in 12 . Symptoms . In reaching a correct diagnosis , we depend in the first place upon the presence of a tumor of rapid growth , springing from the loin , and displacing the abdominal contents forward and to the ...
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... growth , especially when the history only extends over a few weeks . In a few cases I have observed enlarged veins on the surface of the abdomen overlying the tumor . Differential Diagnosis . - Sarcoma of the kidney , of course , must ...
... growth , especially when the history only extends over a few weeks . In a few cases I have observed enlarged veins on the surface of the abdomen overlying the tumor . Differential Diagnosis . - Sarcoma of the kidney , of course , must ...
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... growth being spindle - celled sarcoma ; by McCasey - in a child 31⁄2 years old , the tumor of the left kidney weighing four pounds ; by King - a congenital tumor of both kidneys ; by Burt - in a child eighteen months old , the tumor ...
... growth being spindle - celled sarcoma ; by McCasey - in a child 31⁄2 years old , the tumor of the left kidney weighing four pounds ; by King - a congenital tumor of both kidneys ; by Burt - in a child eighteen months old , the tumor ...
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... growth . She had been ill some two or three months when she came under my care . She died about three weeks subsequently from exhaustion . No post - mortem was permitted . Case 2. - Mary L. C , aged thirteen months , was brought to my ...
... growth . She had been ill some two or three months when she came under my care . She died about three weeks subsequently from exhaustion . No post - mortem was permitted . Case 2. - Mary L. C , aged thirteen months , was brought to my ...
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