[Distribution of blood in the kidney by death from exsanguination (author's transl)]

The distribution of blood in the human kidney in acute and protracted exsanguination has been examined by staining sections (30-50micro) with benzidine. After bleeding to death within a few minutes arteries, aterioles, glomeruli, and the capillary network in the renal cortex are empty. In protracted bleeding to death glomeruli are filled with blood, the vessels of renal cortex are empty except for some little arteries and some vasa afferentia. It may be possible to utilige the intrarenal blood distribution to reach an opinion as to the duration of the fatal hemorrhage and even to distinguish single or multiple episodes of hemorrhaging during the course of fatal exsanguination.