22 THE LIVER. 



value, and well indicated when there exists, in addition 

 to a bilious diarrhoea, considerable gastric derangement, 

 such as pain, tension, crampy pains, frequent eructation 

 and flatulence. The most useful form in which I have 

 found this remedy to act is the first and second decimal 

 dilution, one or two drops in a tablespoonful of water, 

 and repeated at short intervals till relieved. 



Ithrtt/it, in the third dilution, has done good service 

 in a few cases of bilious diarri iiildren, when the 



stools were papescent, with tenesmus, prostration, dis- 

 tensimi of the bowels, and scanty, smarting in; 



3. SECRETION 01 There 



is every reason to suppose that the bil. 

 secreted, is not, as a rule, possesse . vitiated 



perties, but that it, acquires such prop, 



id <//// .Jid that 



during its accumulation and retardation in thus- 

 such properties are create* I its 



different elements on each other, or b .d by 



absorption of its more watery const it u. 

 ever, the bilious her times wonderfully 



altered iii cliaractcr and appearai. ;!ly born- 



by post-mortem appearances, and its clos < tion 



with structural ! liver, and malignant or 



pestilential maladies. In th- for;. bile is found 



to be . and albuminous; in the latter, dark 



enish hroun, or tar-like in consistency and 

 colour, with far more acridity than is :id in its 



normal condition ; so much so, indeed, as to 

 marked irritation of -ties it < 



contact with. 



It is, however, most probable (at all events in the 



