The Renal Circulation

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For this essay which I plan will perhaps shed light upon the structure of the kidney. Do not stop to question whether these ideas are new or old, but ask, more properly, whether they harmonize with Nature. And be assured of this one thing, that I never reached my idea of the structure of the kidney by the aid of books, but by the long, patient, and varied use of the microscope. I have gotten the rest by the deductions of reason, slowly, and with an open mind, as is my custom. [Malpighi, 1666]1 RATE of renal blood flow in . . .