Volume 2

A clinical treatise on diseases of the liver / by Fried. Theod. Frerichs ; translated by Charles Murchison.

  • Frerichs, Friedrich Theodor, 1819-1885.
Date:
1860-1861
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A clinical treatise on diseases of the liver / by Fried. Theod. Frerichs ; translated by Charles Murchison. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Page b. Purgatives. . . . . . .143 c. Emetics . . . . • . .144 d. Revulsives . . . . • • .144 The treatment of hepatic abscesses and of the diseases to which they give rise .... 146 Syphilitic disease of the liver.— Hepatitis syphilitica . 150 1. Historical account . . . . • .150 2. Anatomical description . ..... 152 3. Symptoms and diagnosis ..... 155 4. Treatment . . . . . • .157 5. Illustrative cases ..... . 157 CHAP. II. The waxy, lardaceous, or amyloid degeneration of the Liver ........ 167 1. Historical account ....... 167 2. Anatomical description . . . . . .169 3. Etiology . . . . . . . .174 General circumstances—age, sex, &c. . . . . 174 Predisposing pathological processes . . . .174 a. Diseases of the bones . . . . . . 174 b. Constitutional syphilis . . . . . .175 c. Cachexia of intermittent fever. . . . .176 d. Tubercle of lungs and intestines . . . . 176 e. Unknown causes ...... 177 4. Clinical history and symptoms . . . . .178 5. Duration and progress ...... 181 6. Diagnosis ........ 181 7. Prognosis ........ 182 8. Treatment ........ 182 9. Illustrative cases ....... 185 a. Syphilitic forms . . . . . .185 b. After diseases of the bones . . . . .194 c. After intermittent fever . . . . .196 D. After phthisis pulmonalis ..... 203 R. After cancer . . . . . . . 206 CHAP. III. Hypertrophy op the Liver .... 208 1. Historical account ....... 208 2. Anatomical description . . . . . m 209 3. Etiology ....... 210 a. In partial atrophy of liver ..... 210