Jaundice, its pathology and treatment : with the application of physiological chemistry to the detection and treatment of diseases of the liver and pancreas / by George Harley.

  • Harley, George, 1829-1896.
Date:
1863
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Credit: Jaundice, its pathology and treatment : with the application of physiological chemistry to the detection and treatment of diseases of the liver and pancreas / by George Harley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    CONTENTS. PAGE Introduction . . . . . . 1 Pathological conditions with which jaundice is associated— Those of the liver itself—Those of the bile-ducts— General affections of other organs of the body exerting an influence on the biliary secretion—Zymotic diseases —The effects of certain poisons . . .3 P rerich s’s theory of jaundice—Theory of jaundice hitherto most favoured in England—Dr. Budd as its exponent . 6 Nature of bile—Biliverdine—Bile acids; glycocholie, and taurocholic acids—Cholesterine—Bile resin—Sugar— Inorganic constituents—Specific gravity, reaction, and colour of normal bile . . . . .7 Manner in which bile is secreted—Liver both a formative and excretive organ—Animals without gall-bladders— Effects of food on the colour and quantity of the bile . 11 Is bile essential to life ?—Effect on the system of absence of bile in the digestive process—Death from starvation as a result—Benefit derived from an additional quantity of food—Uses of bile in the animal economy—Necessary to the absorption and assimilation of food—Bile as a digestive agent—Its action on the chyme—Experiments on its influence over the absorption of fatty matter— Its relation to the pancreatic juice—Bile taken inter- nally by Caffres . . . .13