The choice of papers for this collection of classical works is not based on the first description
of a subject, but has been directed toward their observations or studies that have either …

Amongst air-raid casualties seen at this hospital have been four cases of crush injury of the
limbs which, because of the general similarity of their clinical course, were thought to …

And finally there were 14 cases of shattered kidney: patients usually shot or severely injured
otherwise, with massive perirenal hemorrhage and with complete loss of normal pelvic …

When in 1940 the air blitz on London started, we expected to see patients with" shock," a
mysterious condition with as many definitions as there are writers on it, something that could …

Trauma to the kidney presents a critical situation which demands active management along
preconceived lines. l~ ntil fairly recent times, the majority of surgeons, both general and …

While this is accompanied by certain pathological changes in the kidneys, the descriptions
of the renal pathology so far available do not appear to offer a completely satisfactory …

This article reviews the local and systemic effects of crush injury. Within minutes to hours
after extrication of survivors trapped under fallen masonry (and immediately following …

METHOD Between 1959 and 1971, 172 patients with renal injury owing to external trauma
were seen at this hospital. Of these patients 54 sustained severe renal injuries including …

We treated fifteen patients who had been trapped under the masonry of collapsed buildings
for various periods of time. In one group of patients who had been buried for twelve hours …

This is an excellent account of the renal lesions seen in blackwater fever, crush injury,
incompatible transfusion and other conditions, usually referred to in Britain as renal anoxia …