122 HEPATIC ABSCESS. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



INFLAMMATION OF THE LIVER TERMINATING IN PYJF.MI 

 AND TROPICAL ABSCESS. 



DEFINITION. Inflammation of the liver may be de- 

 fined as pain, tenderness, and fulness in the region of 

 the liver or stomach, the pain often extending to the 

 right shoulder-blade and adjacent parts. Inflamm. 



:,a 1'u HIM I tongue, frequent cough, and bilious vomit- 

 ing ; a costive or irregular condition of the bo^ 

 scanty and high-coloured urine, with a it of 



lithates ; slight and sometimes continued jaundice. 



Inflammation of the liver, in th. rally 



cornes on insidiously in some one of the functional dis- 

 orders ju iiied. In tl :- the piv: 

 sym: W prominent, and a: 



i l.y iiicreiisrd >ecivtion of bile, fever, diarrlneu. 

 or slight v, \vhii-h often attracts the chief I. 



and mi-leads the physician. 



Inflammation of the liver may be limited to the 

 follo\vii!;_: regions of the or. 



1. To its superior con 



_. To its interior concave sur: 



3. To its internal structure. 



4. To its right or to its left lobe. 



Let us briefly review the symptoms of each in the 

 order given. 



A. The symptoms appertaining to the convex surface 



