Lettsomian lectures delivered at the Medical Society of London, 1872, on the pathology and treatment of some diseases of the liver / by S.O. Habershon.

  • Habershon, S. O. (Samuel Osborne), 1825-1889.
Date:
1885
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Credit: Lettsomian lectures delivered at the Medical Society of London, 1872, on the pathology and treatment of some diseases of the liver / by S.O. Habershon. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    DISEASES OE THE LIVEE. LECTURE I. THE LIVER AND ITS NERVES. The tendency of modern medical practice is often to separate the diseases of one organ from those of another^ and to cZissociate, as if organs had independent action, and could perform fully their functional require- ments with very little connection with other parts; whe^reas there is the closest unity in the arrangement of the structures of the whole body, and especial means are provided to bring one portion of the organism into sympathy and intimate relationship with another. The two great means by which this living union is rendered effectual are the blood and the nervous system : the former, the medium by which fresh sup- plies of nourishment are afforded, or effete materials carried away from the ultimate structures; and the latter, the agent which guides and controls and har- monises the mutual workings of the separate parts. It is scarcely necessary to advert to the position