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eases of the liver may for convenience, be arranged 

 under the following heads : 



1. Those which are best adapted for functional dis- 

 orders. 



2. Those which are best adapted for chronic disorders, 

 organic diseases, and the deposit of foreign matter in 

 its substance. 



For a torpid condition of the liver, with a diminished 

 secretion of bile, a resort should be had to the saline 

 waters of Cheltenham, Leamington, or Llandrindod, in 

 England ; the Seidschutz, Pulua, or Friedrichshall un 

 the Continent. 



For the secretion of morbid or altered bile, the waters 

 of the royal spa Cheltenham, Uandrindod, or Karlsbad. 



For neuralgia of the liver, the waters of Jiath or 

 Buxton. 



For jaundice, the waters of Schwalharh, 1'ynimnt, 

 Karlsbad, Marienbad, Kissin^'ii, Hoinlmrg, Vals, 

 Vichy, Kins, ( 'heltrnham, or Llandrindod. All : 

 waters are saline, are very similar in their chen 

 constituents, and when taken in proper quant it ies they 

 find their way through the walls of the portal vein, per- 

 meate the remotest parts of the liver, and give rise to an 

 abundant secretion of thin healthy bile. They are with 

 difficulty replaced by any other ivim-olio, in those cases 

 of jaundice, which owe their origin to chronic congestion 

 of the liver, a torpid and inactive condition of the organ, 

 with obstinate catarrh of the bile ducts, and mucous 

 membrane of the stomach and duodenum, to gall-stones, 

 &c., Their selection however, must at all times be 

 determined by the nature of the cause of the complaint, 

 and by the temperament of each individual patient. It 



