154 TREATMENT. 



withdrawal of the cause will in most cases be sufficient 

 to effect a diminution in the size of the liver unless 

 the disease is too far advanced. The diet here also, 

 more particularly if the heart becomes similarly impli- 

 cated, must be selected with due regard to the condition 

 of each case. 



If the stomach becomes deranged, a not uncommon 

 accompaniment of a fatty liver, it should be corrected 

 by Nux Vom. or Pian/fif/n. If the bowels become 

 costive, they should be regulated by AV/ V., 1 W<y>/>, or 

 Sulphur. Eating large quantities of table-salt with the 

 food has been recommended by some authors ; and 

 when circumstances permit, the patient should take the 

 saline waters of Cheltenham, IxMinin^ton, Llandrindod, 

 or IJuillh, in Finland; those of Carlsbad, Marienbad, 

 !<:>> Qgen, Kins, or Vichy, on the Continent. 



When marked amemia with general debility s< 

 the various preparations of iron often prove of very 

 if service : the Ferri Am. Citras; the Ferri et Quin. 

 ml my own preparation, the Ferri Am. Citras, 

 cum. S;r\vlin;e. cum. Digitalis, and the chalv 

 mineral waters of Tunhritl^e \\Yi'. land, 



and the Spa, I'yrniunt, or Schwalbach un the Continent. 



