This Lenten hymn was written by English Redemptorist priest Edmund Vaughan (1827-1908) - who is incorrectly referred to as Edward in some hymnals. In the earliest publications, they hymn was set to a number of un-named tunes.
An Amylase test may be ordered when a person exhibits symptoms of pancreatitis (an infection of the pancreas). These symptoms include severe abdominal or back pain, nausea, fever or loss of appetite.
However, the kidney is not the sole organ responsible for amylase clearance in humans. The extrarenal mechanisms of amylase clearance have not been clearly defined. Because high serum amylase levels are also observed in hepatic necrosis and cirrhosis, the liver is thought to play a role in amylase metabolism.