50 THE LIVER. 



of the liver, such as atrophy, the destruction of numerous 

 branches of the portal vein by the pressure of the en- 

 larged bile-ducts, and from the disintegration of the 

 hepatic cells, that our difficulties arise in a therapeutic 

 point of view. Here we may have to encounter a general 

 cachectic and anaemic condition of the system, general 

 dropsy, and other symptoms indicative of a break-up of 

 the constitution. Much, however, may be done by i 

 lating the functions of the skin, bowels, and kidneys ; 

 by a carefully-selected diet; and by the administration 

 of Ars., ('A//*., the Bromide or I -f Potassium, and 



the waters of Schwalhaeh or 1'yrn. 



Tin-: YAKIKTIKS, SN.CIAL C.\ ] 



JAUNDICE. Jaundice, as I have 1, is 



rather a symptom of disease than a di>> >nse- 



(juently it may spring from a variety oi a know- 



6 of whirh is of -ij to a succe 



treatment of t: 



Tlieiv . .uses whi<-h require so much 



crimination as to the indications and means of cure as 

 .laundice. I: ptooeedl in diltcient cases from so many 

 difh 



many combinations of them. utmost 



and practical acunn-n ai th<- 



moihid r 'iilitioiis and ) ies of each case, and 



to determine what is : ,nj^ them. 



1. Jatmdioe may take ]>lace in conse.juence of a < 

 lition of the dnetus commnnis eliole.; 

 and hepatic duet, the result of C f tlieir linin- 



mucous membiaii". the "icterus catarrhalis," and most 

 commuii form of .Jaundice. 



It is ushered in with symptoms of catarrh of the 



