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The book gives a clear account of the ten functional segments of the nephron instead of referring to physiologically non-homogenous segments like the loop of Henle or the collecting duct. Several complex concepts in renal physiology have been elegantly simplified through a step-by-step approach. Among them are the Mechanism of Sodium Reabsorption and Diuretics the Countercurrent Mechanism Ruid-Electrolytes Balance and Acid-Base Balance. Topics like Renal Function Tests and Netitopathic Bladders have been discussed at length while Cystometry has been shifted to its proper context of urodynamic studies. Students have been introduced to the elementary concepts of Nephritic and Nephrotic Syndromes Renal Failure as also some individual glomerulopathies. The chapter pn the History of Renal Physiology should delight postgraduate students of Physiology. Each chapter is studded with cross-references and supplemented with Explanatory Notes Multiple Choice Questions of different types and short questions in the form of Explain Why and Compare & Contrast. About the Author Dr. Sircar is a perceptive teacher of medical physiology who has endeared himself to students at three premier medical colleges in India-Maulana Azad Medical College Delhi; Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College AMU Aligarh; and finally at the University College of Medical Sciences Delhi. Dr. Sircar also served on the faculty of the University of Texas at Austin as a Lecturer in Human Physiology and was rated well above average. Dr. Sircars ideas and innovations in physiology teaching are documented in international journals like the Medical Teacher and American Journal of Physioloqy (Advances in Physiology Education) in which he has several publications. He is a Member of the National Academy of Medical Sciences India and a Fellow of the International Union of Physiological Sciences. The prestigious IUPS fellowship is awarded to a single physiology teacher each year from the third world. Dr. Sircars research interest is in the area of electrophysiology of mental abilities an area not far removed from educational psychology or his passion for teaching. Dr. Sircar was probably the first in Indi to develop Computer Assisted Learning modules in physiology including an award-winning one in the eighties. His present work too replete with hyperlinks is evidently multimedia-compatible.