40 THE LIVKU. 



colour of the urine has been heightened by taking 

 rhubarb or santonine, as pointed out by Gavin in his 

 treatise on " Feigned and Fictitious Diseases." 



As a counterpoise to such a fraud, it will be found In- 

 close inspection 



That the conjunctive are white ; 



That no bile-pigment can be detected in the urine by 

 the usual test ; * 



That soap and water, or better still a weak solution of 



ehloride of lime, will at once remove the yellow colour 



from the skin ; and that if the urine he. coloured l>y tin* 



f Santonine or Khubarb, it will 1- ad Uood- 



red by the Caustic All. r Carbon 



MATOLOGY. In proceeding to d.-srribe the 

 divers symptoms otMaundiee we may -erve 



that the Lile-pi^iiient pen nori <>f the or 



es of the body, i ccumulatefl in ti 



and from thence is carried into every part of the 1- 

 circulated hy that llui<l ; even the brain, iibers 



of the eyes, and the lu-tus in its mother's womb. The 



of -laundiee v;i: 



laundie.' 



mpleol'- of the bile ducW 



the or^an most deeply coloi; 



which often presents a deep olive colour. > the 



liver is the skin ; and next to the skin me. In 



* Bile-pigment can always be recognized by the so tainted urine 

 staining the linen of a yrllow or saffron hue, or by applying the ' 

 Acid test, as follows : Pour a small quant: 1 .^ bile 



on a white plate, or on a sheet of writing paper, and carefully allow a 

 drop or two of fall upon it an. immediate p] 



will be produced around the PJ 

 from l>ro\vn through green, blue, violet, and red, into a dirty yellow. 



