272 PARALYSIS Sect. XXX, i. 



SECT. XXX. ' 



PARALYSIS. OF THE LIV^R AND KIDNEY 



I. Bile-duels lefs irritable after having been fiimulaied much. i„ 

 Jaundice front paralyfts of 'the bile-duds cured by t ; i. 



3. From bile-fto?ies. Experiments on bile-Jlonc. Oil vomit* 



4. Palfy of the liver, two cafes. 5. Scirrhfty of the / 



6. Large livers of geefe. II. Paralyfts of the kidneys. III. ' 

 Story of Prometheus. 



1. From the ingurgitation of fpirituous liquors into the from* 

 rcH and duodenum, the termination of the common bile-duct in 

 that bowel becomes Simulated into unnatural action, and a ; 

 ater quantity of bile is produced from all the fecretory vefTels 

 the liver, by the arlbciation of their motions with thofe of 

 their excretory ducts j as has been explained in Section XXIV. 

 and XXV. but as all parts of the body, that have been affected 

 with ftronger ftimuli for any length of time, become lefs fuf- 

 ceptible of motion, from thejr natutal weaker ftimuli, it follows, 

 fhat the motions of the fecretovy veffels, and in confequence the \ 

 fecretion of bile, is lefs than is natural during the intervals 

 fobriety. 2. If this ingurgitation of fpirituous liquors has be; 

 daily continued in considerable quantity, and is then fuddenly 

 intermitted, a languor or paralyfis of the common bile-duct 

 induced \ the bile is prevented from being poured into the in 

 reftines ; and as the bilious abforbents are ftimulated into flrong 

 er action by its accumulation, and by the acrimony or vifcidi 

 which it acquires by delay, it is abforbed, and carried to the v 

 receptacle of the chyle ; or otbervvife the fecretory veiTels of u 

 liver, by the above-mentioned ftimulus, invert their motions, and ., 

 regurgitate their contents into the blood, as fometimes happei 

 to the tears in the lacrymal fack, fee S^ct. XXIV. 2. 7. and one 

 kind of jaundice is brought on. 



There is reafon to believe, that the bile is rnoft frequently 1 

 fumed into the circulation by the inverted motions of thefe he- 

 patic glands, for the bile does not feem liable to be abforbed by 

 the lymphatics, for it foaks through the gall-ducts, and is fre- 

 quently found in the cellular membrane. This kind of jaundice 

 is not generally attended with pain, neither at the extremity ot 

 the bile-duct, where it enters the duodenum, nor on the region 

 of the gall-bladder. 



Mr. S. a gentleman between forty and fifty years of age, had 

 had the jaundice about fix weeks, without pain, ficknefs, or fe- 

 ver ; 



