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complications of the autumnal remittent fevers with 

 Jaundice, and further remarks that " when nature is un- 

 able to evacuate the bile it is collected in the skin, and 

 occasions JAUNDICE." 



DEFINITIONS OF JAUNDICE. Copland defines Jaun- 

 dice as a yellowness of the skin and eyes, sometimes 

 passing to a yellowish-green hue, or even to a greenish - 

 brown ; the urine of a saffron or deep colour ; the stools 

 generally pale, and the course of the bile obstructed. 



Murchison defines Jaundice as a yellowness of the 

 integuments and conjunctiva, and of the tissues and 

 secretions generally, from impregnation with bile- 

 pigment. 



Budd defines Jaundice as a yellow colour of the con- 

 junctiva and skin, arising from the presence of the 

 colouring matter of the bile in the blood and tissues. 



It may further be observed that the term " Jaundice " 

 is derived from the French jaune, yellow; and the term 

 " Icterus " from the Greek, signifying the golden thrush, 

 H bird \vith yellow plumage, the sight of which by a 

 jaundiced person was believed by the ancients to be 

 death to the bird, but recovery to the patient. 



Tii \ LLY. Passing over the history and defini- 



:his subject, we encounter two leading theories 

 relative to the different forms of Jaundice, each having 

 a host of supporters. 



< )ne theory is, that the seat of the disease is to be 

 looked for in a disturbance of the functions of the liver ; 

 that it arises from abnormalities in the secretion or 

 excretion of bile; and that thus it exhibits symptoms 

 indicative of derangement of the liver. 



The other theory is that, under certain morbid con- 



