RT Journal
T1 PAris
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1919
FD December 6
VO 73
IS 23
SP 1782
OP 1783
DO 10.1001/jama.1919.02610490046023
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1919.02610490046023
AB Nov. 6, 1919.Congress of Urologists 
    Among the subjects discussed at the nineteenth Congrès français d'urologie, held in Paris, October 8-11, was treatment of nontuberculous pyelonephritis.NONTUBERCULOUS PYELONEPHRITIS 
    Dr. Paul Ertzbischoff, formerly chief of the clinic for diseases of the urinary tract at the Faculty of Medicine of Paris, presented an interesting report on this subject. He pointed out the various causes of pyelonephritis and the different lesions that characterize it, and then drew the conclusion that a uniform method of treatment was impossible, but that the method used would necessarily vary with the case. Thus, while we are virtually powerless to prevent the development of descending ureteropyelonephritis, therapeutic means are available, up to a certain point, to prevent ascending ureteropyelonephritis by a rational treatment of disorders of the ureter, the prostate and the bladder. All who are suffering from urinary or general contagious diseases should avoid chilling or any