An essay on the diseases of the bile, more particularly its calculous concretions, called gall-stones / [William White].

  • White, William, 1744-1790
Date:
1771
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Credit: An essay on the diseases of the bile, more particularly its calculous concretions, called gall-stones / [William White]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    adhscfion. The middle ligament con¬ tains in its duplicature a thick white rope, like a round ligament coming from the navel, which was the iim- belical vein in the foetus. The right or great lobe of the liver refts on the right kidney ; it likewife covers a portion of the arch of the co¬ lon, and the pylorus or lower orifice of the ftomach. Tliefe obfervations are very ufeful, . as they allift us in accounting for ma** ny fymptoms attending its difeafes. It is plentifully fupplied with arte¬ ries, veins, nerves, and lymphatics, for the purpofes of its ceconomy, fenfation, and nourifliment. By means of the fympathetic or intercoflal nerves, it is connedled with almoft all the contents of the thorax, and abdomen. \ The ufe of the liver is very impor¬ tant, being the principal organ for the fecretion of the bile. The gall-bladder is a fmall bag, or receptacle of a pyriforme fliape, lying in a depreflion upon the inner or concave part of the liver, towards the back, and verging a little to- B wards