books.google.ca - Small and bean shaped, the kidneys are sophisticated organs that filter waste from the blood. A number of diseases and disorders—including diabetes and hypertension—can harm the kidneys and cause them to fail.Historian and nephrologist Steven J. Peitzman traces the medical history of kidney disease...http://books.google.ca/books/about/Dropsy_Dialysis_Transplant.html?id=NrdfUBQvGBEC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareDropsy, Dialysis, Transplant
