

286 GLANDULAR SYSTEM. 



Q. There are other hepatic disorganizations? 



*#. Steatomatous tumours, tubercles, fatty depositions, 

 hydatids, &c. It is not necessary particularly to notice 

 jaundice, as it arises in common from the liver and gall- 

 bladder. There are numerous symptomatic diseases of the 

 liver. 



Q. With what affections is inflammation of the kidney 

 confounded ? 



#. With lumbago and phlegmon in the region of the 

 kidney. 



Q. What are the principal diagnostics? 



#. The pain of nephritis is increased by pressure; and 

 in nephritis the conditions of the urine are much al- 

 tered. 



Q. Name some other morbid states of the kidney. 



*fl. There is flaccidity of the organ and hydatids. 



Q. At what period of life does the prostate gland as- 

 sume disease? 



&. Not usually before puberty. 



Q. What are the diseases of the prostate? 



*#. Inflammation, induration, varices, cancer. 



Q. How do you, in diseases of the testicle, distinguish 

 sarcocele from hydrocele? 



Ji. The sarcocele is harder than hydrocele. This is one 

 way to distinguish them. 



Q. Are the testicles equally liable at all times of life to 

 disease? 



A. Like the prostate gland, they are seldom diseased 

 before puberty. 



Q. What are the principal diseases of the mammary 

 gland? 



