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on the cause. If there be no severe original disease, fatty liver may 

 recover. If it be claimed that a very fatty liver may induce cer- 

 tain functional disturbances of the liver and prejudice the organism, 

 it is still very difficult in any case to say how far the existing dis- 

 turbances are due to the affection of the blood-making power and 

 the nutrition of the fatty liver, and how far to the main disease. 



Accepting the new views that albumen participates in the for- 

 mation of fat, we should restrict fatty persons on albuminous foods. 



