1. Nephrological Excerpts From the Encyclopédie of Diderot and d'Alembert
Natale Gaspare De Santo, MD, Massimo Cirillo, MD, Carmela Bisaccia, PhD, Gabriel Richet, MD, Garabed Eknoyan, MD 
American Journal of Kidney Diseases 
Volume 57, Issue 5, Pages (May 2011)
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2. Figure 1
Position of the kidneys according to Albrecht Haller ( ). Illustration from the Planches of the Encyclopédie, Table 75.25
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3. Figure 2
The nervous system and the kidneys according to Raymond Vieussens ( ). Illustration from the Planches of the Encyclopédie, Table 64.25
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4. Figure 3
(Left) Two kidney sections with glands (glomeruli), tubules, and vessels according to Exupère Joseph Bertin ( ); (middle) bladder urethra and genitourinary tract according to Guichard-Joseph Duverney ( ); (top right) the whole kidney according to Anton Nuck ( ); (bottom right) the kidney according to Frederick Ruysch ( ). Illustration from the Planches of the Encyclopédie, Table 76.25
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