I. ON THE STRUCTURE AND FORMATION OF 

 CERTAIN NERVOUS CENTRES, 



Tending to prove that the Cells and Fibres of every Nervous Apparatus form 



an uninterrupted Circuit. 

 Quarto, 8 Plates, containing 46 Figures, 5-r. 



II. INDICATIONS OF THE PATHS TAKEN BY 

 THE NERVE CURRENTS 



As they traverse the Caudate Nerve Cells of the Cord and Encephalon. 

 One Plate and 4 Figures, is. 6d. 



Preparing for Publication, uniform with "Kidney Diseases, Urinary Deposits, 

 and Calculous Disorders,' 1 ' 1 and the " Microscope in Medicine" 



THE DISEASES OF THE LIVER AND THEIR 

 TREATMENT. 



Including the Anatomy of the Organ in Man and Vertebrate Animals. With 



upwards of 50 Plates of original Drawings, being a second edition of the 



Author's Work on the Liver. 



CONTENTS. 



I. Of the method of investigation Pieparation of specimens for demon- 

 strating the structure of the liver Of injecting the vessels and 

 duels. 



II. The Liver 'cell' or elementary part. 

 III. The invertebrate liver. 



IV. The vertebrate liver General arrangement Portal canals Hepatic 

 venous canals The lobules of the liver Distribution of vessels 

 Portal vein Hepatic artery Hepatic duct Vasa aberrantia 

 Lymphatics Nerves Vessels of gall bladder Glisson's capsule 

 The intimate structure of the lobules Capillaries Cell-containing 

 network The liver ' cells ' of vertebrate animals. 



V. On the ultimate ramifications of the ducts, and of their connection with 

 the cell-containing network ; in mammalia, birds, reptiles, and 

 fishes The conclusions of previous observers. 

 VI. The circulation in the liver The position of the liver as a secreting 



organ The liver and kidney compared. 

 VII. Diseases of the liver Of congestion of the liver. 

 VIII. Of the formation of cysts in the liver. 

 IX. Of fatty liver Deposition of fatty matter; a, at the circumference of 



lobules, b, in the centre of the lobules. 



X. Of waxy, albuminous, or amyloid degeneration of the liver. 

 XI. Of cirrhosis of the liver. 

 XII-. Of cancer. 

 XIII. Of jaundice. 



These Works contain the results of the Author 's original investigations. They 

 are illustrated ivith upwards of 2,000 neiv Engravings, all carefully copied from 

 the actual objects, and most of which have been drawn on wood by the Author 

 himself. 



LONDON: J. & A. CHURCHILL & SONS. 

 PHILADELPHIA: LINDSAY & BLAKISTON. 



