68 INFLAMMATION OF THE LIVER. 



and by the constitution of the individual patient. It 

 should also be borne in mind, that the constant use of 

 these waters is prejudicial in the case of new growths, 

 such as cancer, or in more profound degenerations of 

 the organ, such as cirrhosis. They are not, there- 

 fore, to be resorted to when there is any uncertain! v in 

 the diagnosis, or when the indication to be fulfilled in 

 each individual case is not perfectly clear. 



CHAPTER V. 



I X FLA MM ATI n\ QI THK LIYKK. 



\YMOUSLY. Inflammation of the Liver is re- 



i/t'd and known as the Hi-put itis of Galen 

 Morbus jecinoris of Celsus the Inflammatio In-put N of 

 St-nnertus Hepatalgiu apostematosu of Salivates the 



:nu Hepatitis of Young and tin- Kinpivsnnu !!<- 



f Good. 



NATIONALLY. Hepatite, vel Inflammation du fni 

 the French; Knt/iindung lT Leber, of tin' Q 

 Inllamma/.ion d- In- 



Jlummution of the Liver, or li Inflammation, of 



the English tongue. 



HisToKli'ALLY. Inflammation of tin- Liver, term; 

 inu r in the formation of abscess, was well defined by 

 Hippocrates as far bad afterwanls h\ 



follower (iulen, A.I>. 200 (see his "I )e Locis A 

 lib. v., cup. 7). It wa BT, until the be-innini; 



of the seventeenth century, when ;, a l a n;f 



in to be studied, that a firm foundation \ 

 blished for the clinical observation of these obscure 



