The approach of this treatise is physiological throughout. In the
eyes of the author it answers the rhetorical question raised by
Maurice B. Visscher at the Physiology Congress in Washington D. C.
in 1968: Does physiology exist? What he meant by this question was
whether the fields of cellular physiology and physiology of the
various organ systems had become so large that physiology as such
had vanished. The firm answer is that physiology does indeed exist.
Although it is important to study physiological problems at the
subcellular level, it is importan- and equally difficult - to study
organ regulation at the cellular level, organ interaction, and
integration into the whole organism. An account of avian
osmoregulation from an integrated point of view is attempted in
this book. Since reading Homer W. Smith's From Fish to Philosopher
and August Krogh's Osmoregulation in Aquatic Animals verte brate
osmoregulation has been in the center of the author's interest. The
focus was set on avian osmoregulation after personal contact with
the School of Krogh when working in the laboratory of Bodil M.
Schmidt-Nielsen. The fundamental concepts and isotope techniques
introduced by Hans H. Ussing have been of constant inspiration. An
excellent example for the study of osmoregulation at the cellular
level was given by the late Jean Maetz. The writing of this book
was suggested by Donald S. Farner who is thanked for thorough
editorial assistance, and especially with help in the subtle
semantic peculiarities of the English language."
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