Jaundice, its pathology and treatment : with the application of physiological chemistry to the detection and treatment of diseases of the liver and pancreas / by George Harley.

  • Harley, George, 1829-1896.
Date:
1863
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Credit: Jaundice, its pathology and treatment : with the application of physiological chemistry to the detection and treatment of diseases of the liver and pancreas / by George Harley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    simply on account of a certain amount of pigment being required in order to produce a visible ting- ing of the body, and it seldom happens that the emotional effect on the biliary secretion is suffi- ciently permanent to permit of the requisite amount of pigment accumulating in the blood. The reason, too, why mental emotion is more apt to cause jaundice immediately after a meal is, as will afterwards be better understood, on account of the congested state of the liver at that time favouring the stoppage of the secretion. A blow on the head, which is now and then observed to be suddenly followed by jaundice, acts, I believe, in the same way as fright, namely, by paralyzing the nerve force required for the continuance of the biliary secretion. I now pass on to the consideration of the patho- logy of the second kind of jaundice from suppres- sion, namely, jaundice resulting from hepatic congestion. JAUNDICE ARISING EROM HEPATIC CONGESTION. This is one of the most common causes of the disease ; but as there are two kinds of hepatic congestion—active and passive—it will be neces- sary for me to make a further subdivision, and consider each of these separately.