10 SIZE OF LIVER NORMAL AND ABNORMAL. 



creas, converts the rl >///n> into chylr. It also performs an- 

 other important office, namely, it acts as an apei ; 

 " Nature's own black draught ; " for whenever tin 

 a scanty secretion, or excretion of bile, constipation in- 

 variably follows; as clearly indicated in torpor of the 

 liver, biliary congestion, and jaundice. Kestore the 

 natural functions of tin- liver, and you obtain a healthy 

 and regular supply of bile; a train of morbid syiuK 

 will disappear; and natural evacuations will invariably 

 follow. 



RELATIYI: \VI:I.,HT AM- SI/K oi Ml I-ivi M.TH 



AND I>I 



AI, ANI Al'.N' 



IN order to f..rm a correct is of 



diseases of the liver, it is esseir able 



in a forensic, pathological, and clinical ]>oint of \ 

 to draw a line betv, 



conditions of that organ; it should at the sai 

 however, be obsc it the absolute v ; the 



liver usually increases and decreases in \ n to 



the weight of the body: so that the ' 

 only lie employed in a com]arative sense. 



The relativ- oi' the liver in }>roportion to I 



of the bod}', has occur 

 authorir 



Bartholin, for instance, gives it as 1 to r,H : H.dlor as 

 1 to 125 ; and the _'it of th- 



to the last-named authority, was calculated at -l.~i oz., or 

 37 pounds ; by Cruveilheir at 3 pounds; by lluschke 



