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The Liver 



dyspeptic. On getting out of bed in the morning he ejects from his 

 irritable stomach the acid fluid which has been collecting during the 

 night. As the disease advances he is frequently sick, and, owing to 

 rupture of the engorged capillaries, the vomit is mixed with blood. 

 The destruction of the peripheral cells of the lobule is necessarily 



1, Vena portae, with tri- 



butaries. 



2, Superior mesenteric. 



3, Intestinal. 



4, Right colic. 



5, lleo-colic. 



6, Coronary. 



7, Splenic. 



8, Inferior mesenteric. 



9, Left colic. 

 10, Sigmoid. 



n, Superior haeinor- 



rhoidal. 

 16, Inferior cava. 



(From QUAIN.) 



accompanied by diminution of the amount of bile, and, the muscular 

 coat of the bowel being less stimulated, constipation results. 



The effect of the engorgement of the splenic vein is that the 

 spleen enlarges, and that the over-loaded veins of the rectum bleed 

 and become prolapsed. The venous blood along the entire in- 



