Preparing for Publication, uniform with " Kidney Diseases, Urinary 

 Deposits, and Calculous Disorders" and the " Microscope in 



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 Preparation of specimens for 

 demonstrating the structure of the liver Of injecting the 

 vessels and ducts. 



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 Grlisson'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 con- 

 nection 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 circum- 

 ference 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. 



LONDON : J. AND A. CHURCHILL. 

 PHILADELPHIA : LINDSAY AND BLAKISTON. 



