TY - JOUR AU - Goloblatt, Harry AB - BOOK REVIEWS The Kidney. Ed. by A. A. G . LEWIS , B.SC , M.D., M.ll.C.P. , Edito r for th e Renal Associa­ tion ; AND G. E . W. WOLSTENHOLME , O.B.E., M.A., M.B., B.Ch., Editor for th e Cib a Foundation . 333 pp. , 125 illus. $6.00. Boston: Little, Brown & Co. , 1954. Th e sponsorship of Symposi a on man y medical subjects by a grou p of expert s in these special fields was first undertaken on a large scale in th e United States by th e Josiah Macy, Jr . Foundation of New York City. In England , th e Cib a Foundation has also launched a simila r venture . Th e great advantag e of publishe d Symposia over textbooks on an y subject is well illustrated by thi s Symposium on th e Kidney , which deals partly with morphologic an d biochemical studies related to rena l function, but th e greater part of whic h is devote d t o the role of th e kidney in th e whole body economy, both in healt h and in disease . In pub ­ lished Symposia TI - The Kidney JF - American Journal of Clinical Pathology DO - 10.1093/ajcp/24.11.1294 DA - 1954-11-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/the-kidney-LyH6Y00gg0 SP - 1294 EP - 1294 VL - 24 IS - 11 DP - DeepDyve ER -