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LIFE SITUATION, BEHAVIOR PATTERNS, AND RENAL EXCRETION OF FLUID AND ELECTROLYTES

LIFE SITUATION, BEHAVIOR PATTERNS, AND RENAL EXCRETION OF FLUID AND ELECTROLYTES In a recent review, Homer Smith1 elegantly epitomized basic concepts relevant to renal function. He reaffirmed Claude Bernard's emphasis that the environment in which man lives is neither air nor water but the blood and body fluids that bathe all the tissues. This internal environment is characterized by an extraordinary constancy of composition, and it is by virtue of this fact that the animal achieves a free and independent life. Smith rates this concept of Claude Bernard's in importance with Darwin's concept of biological evolution. Indeed, the two ideas are linked, because the story of the evolution of the vertebrates is, in essence, the story of the evolution of the internal environment. It is the kidney that is charged with the maintenance of this environment, an operation that it carries out by the circuitous processes of glomerular filtration and tubular reabsorption. "Man's entire internal environment is, in fact, thrown http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA American Medical Association

LIFE SITUATION, BEHAVIOR PATTERNS, AND RENAL EXCRETION OF FLUID AND ELECTROLYTES

Schottstaedt, William W.; Grace, William J.; Wolff, Harold G.
JAMA , Volume 157 (17) – Apr 23, 1955
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Copyright © 1955 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
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0098-7484
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In a recent review, Homer Smith1 elegantly epitomized basic concepts relevant to renal function. He reaffirmed Claude Bernard's emphasis that the environment in which man lives is neither air nor water but the blood and body fluids that bathe all the tissues. This internal environment is characterized by an extraordinary constancy of composition, and it is by virtue of this fact that the animal achieves a free and independent life. Smith rates this concept of Claude Bernard's in importance with Darwin's concept of biological evolution. Indeed, the two ideas are linked, because the story of the evolution of the vertebrates is, in essence, the story of the evolution of the internal environment. It is the kidney that is charged with the maintenance of this environment, an operation that it carries out by the circuitous processes of glomerular filtration and tubular reabsorption. "Man's entire internal environment is, in fact, thrown

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Published: Apr 23, 1955

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