On diseases of the liver / [George Budd].

  • Budd, George, 1808-1882.
Date:
1845
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Credit: On diseases of the liver / [George Budd]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION. Vagueness of our knowledge of Liver diseases—Structure of the liver— Cause of the variations in its form, size, and colour—Physical qualities and composition of the bile—Sources and uses of the bile— Cholagogue medicines . : . : : : CHAPTER I. ON CONGESTION OF THE LIVER. Congestion of the liver from impediment to the flow of blood through the lungs or heart—Effects of this—Congestion from other causes— Portal-venous congestion. CHAPTER II. ON THE INFLAMMATORY DISEASES OF THE LIVER. Section I. General remarks on the classification of inflammatory diseases of the liver—Suppurative inflammation, and abscess, of the liver : ; : Section II. Gangrenous inflammation—Appearances sometimes mis- taken for gangrene—Circumstances in which gangrene of the liver really occurs : : ‘ : . : Section III. Adhesive inflammation of the capsule and of the afih stance of the liver—Cirrhosis—Other forms of inflammation of the substance of the liver : ‘ ‘ ; : . Page 38 46 96 105