Review(s) about a previous edition: `This is a well written, compact physiology text on the functions of the kidney ... The author has carefully selected the relevant topics and and provided the student with an up-to-date and well-balanced analysis of basic functions of the nephron, as well as a concise survey of the major regulatory mechanisms of salt and water homeostasis ... The book is lucidly written and well-illustrated and should serve as a valuable introductory text for physiology students.' Quarterly Journal of Experimental Physiology `The students of physiology at the University of Birmingham Medical School ... are very lucky if their class teaching is as good as this paperback.' British Book News `Presents clearly and concisely the principles of renal physiology at a level eminently suitable to the needs of the preclinical medical student ... confidently recommended.'




