12 INFLUENCE OF AGE, SEX, AND FOOD ON LIVER. 



an impaired power of digestion. In such cases the 

 deposit of fat, in the substance of the gland, induces an 

 undue proportion in its size. Bidder and Schmidt found 

 the relative weight in such cases to be as 1 to 16 ; and 

 another observer, Lereboullet, ascertained that in geese 

 the relative weight of the liver varied from 1 in 26 

 to 1 in 18, after feeding for two weeks upon in 

 and that after four weeks it rose to 1 in 1-^. Such 

 statistics are exceedingly interesting, and of ^ivat value 

 to the physician, in a clinical and hyjirnic point of 

 view, as they point out to him the al>.l u te, necessit 

 selecting a diet devoid of those aliments which go to 

 form adipose tissue. 



NORMAL AND AT.NMKMAL CONK 



In the, diagnosis of diseases of this gland, an accurate 

 knowledge of the size and form of the or_ ne of 



the tirst points for consideration. I and normal 



position of the liver have i leenrefe and 



its boundaries, after some - L06, '-an ' 1 by 



percussion, ////>" tinn, menswrctiion, sometimes 1 >y 



ii. Its abnn; 



litics present features oft- rest, and 



as are found in no - some of 



these malformations are 1, which on a cursory 



examination at the bedside, may 

 diagnosis. Thus, some livers cf this type are found to be 

 quadrangular ; others have a prolonged left lobe, bearing 

 a strong similarity to a leg of m !d across the 



hyponchondriac re^imi ; and others, where adhesions 

 take place between the e left lobe and 



spleen. To these congenital deformities may be added a 

 more numerous class of what may be called 



