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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    few hours by jaundice; there was no pain, no febrile excitement; but, as tbe mind became composed, and after a few days' interval, tbe jaundice disappeared. If the distress be less sudden, but more prolonged in duration, there is also disturbed action of the liver. It would be a great mistake to treat the liver in these instances. It is only the liver out of order, is a common expression, but usually an incorrect one. More frequently the hepatic disturbance is only the expression of a general state, and is relieved by general means. But, before entering further upon pathological considerations, it may be well to inquire what are those nervous connections whereby this close bond is maintained and by which these symptoms are produced. The pneumogastric nerve, the vaso-motor nerve, and the ganglionic centres by. which these nerves are brought into union, deserve our attentioil. The pneumogastric is one of the most important nerves in the body ; it is extensive in its connections, and its functional integrity is essential to life. It would be out of place to enter upon all the connections of this nerve; but it will suffice to say, that after union with nearly all the nerves in the neck and after giving off the laryngeal nerves, it enters into further union in the chest, and distributes branches to the lungs and to the heart. The nerve is brought into connection with the vaso-motor nerve in the chest, but still more intimately in the abdomen. The pneumogastric unites in the large semilunar ganglion of the vaso-motor, which in a chain of enlargements surrounds the coeliac