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Title: The diagnosis of diseases of women
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Findley Palmer. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Philadelphia and New York, Lea brothers & co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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kidney. Tight lacing and pregnancy account forthe greater frequency in women. Other exciting causes are heavylifting, absorption of the perirenal fat, and an enlarged liver orspleen crowding the kidney out ofplace. The greatest numberoccur in the period of sexual maturity, though the lesion is notunknown in infancy and old age. The explanation for the occurrence of a movable kidney follow-ing upon labor lies in the sudden decrease in the intra-abdominalpressure, the great muscular exertion exercised during labor, therelaxed abdominal supports after labor, and early rising fromchildbed. Movable kidney is especially frequent in women with longnarrow chests in whom there is not room for the kidney to occupyits proper place. In these women there is usually a deficiency inperirenal fat. The cause is occasionally found in a blow, kick,or crushing injury. Three degrees of mobility are recognized: the palpable kidney,when the range of motion is limited, yet the kidney can be pal^ PLATE LVIII.
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Situation of the Viscera. Outlines of heart and vessels—broad red lines. Margins of lungs and individuallobes—dotted green lines. Limits of pleural sacs—solid green lines Liver—redshading. Stomach—green shading. (In part after His-Spalteholz and Luschka.) PLATE LIX.

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