CHAPTER IX. 



HYPERTROPHY (ENLARGEMENT) OF THE LIVER. 

 HYPERTROPHIA HEPATIC^ 



THE various diseases of the liver have continued to 

 remain to the present day a subject of great difficulty, 

 in spite of the progress made the last few years, in the 

 anatomy of this viscus. As one of the chief organs 

 concerned in sanguification it affects the corporeal and 

 physical character of the individual in the most varied 

 and extensive manner within the range of physiological 

 bounds ; and on the other hand, many of its morbid 

 affections, which are beyond the reach of the scalpel, 

 become intelligible only by attending to the anomalies 

 presented in other organs. 



These enlargements of the liver, are for Clinical 

 purposes, divided into the PAINFUL and PAINLESS. 

 Among the former is embodied hyperaBmia, congestive 

 turgor, inflammation, inflammatory swelling, congestion 

 and statis in the capillary gall vessels, pyaemic abscesses, 

 tropical abscess, and cancer. 



Among the latter, we have the so-called amyloid 

 liver; the nutmeg liver ; the waxy liver ; the fatty liver; 

 the lardaceous liver; the hydatid tumour; and the 

 pure and simple " hypertrophy of the liver." 



