The morbid anatomy of the liver : being an inquiry into the anatomical character, symptoms and treatment, of certain diseases which impair or destroy the structure of that viscus / by J.R. Farre.

  • Farre, J. R. (John Richard), 1775-1862.
Date:
1812
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Credit: The morbid anatomy of the liver : being an inquiry into the anatomical character, symptoms and treatment, of certain diseases which impair or destroy the structure of that viscus / by J.R. Farre. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    which depends on the duration of each Tuber ; for at its first ap- pearance it is very minute, but during its growth it assumes the character above described, and at its maturity exceeds an inch in its diameter. They adhere intimately to the liver, and their figure is well defined. In the interstices of the Tubera, the liver is paler and more flabby, its cohesion is weaker than natural, and slight effusions of blood are sometimes found. They commonly remain distinct at the surface of the liver, but internally they ultimately coalesce, and form immense morbid masses which pervade its substance. The patient often lives until the mass occupies the greatest part of the abdomen, and the natural structure of the liver is nearly supplanted. They possess so close a cellular structure, that the section of them, at first view, appears solid and inorganic; but on the edge of the knife, by which they have been dissevered, an opaque white fluid, of the consistence of cream, is left, and a fresh portion of this fluid is gathered on it at each time that it is repassed over the surface of the section. Their cellular structure becomes more apparent after long mace- ration. Symptoms. The patient suffers pain in the region of the liver, languor, loss of appetite, and cough ; but until the liver, by the growth of the Tubera, descends below the hypochondria, a distinct judgment of the case cannot be formed : then the func- tions of the alimentary canal are more impaired, the body wastes, and the enlargement of the liver, its hardness and remarkable irregularity of surface, may be distinguished through the