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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    jaundice presents itself when least expected. At other times it is absent when, apparently, it ought to be present. On the other hand, again, there are cases in which jaundice is evidently merely a symptom, and others in which it seems to be in it- self the disease. We have temporary jaundice from transient derangements, and we have permanent jaundice from stationary causes. There are cases in which the cause of jaundice is visible after death to the naked eye. There are others where the minutest research is baffled in ascertaining the cause. That this is no exaggerated view of the case the following table will show :—* JAUNDICE IS MET WITH, Firstly, In Diseases affecting the Liver— (a) Cancer. (b) Tubercle. (c) Cirrhosis. (d) Inflammation. (e) Atrophy. (/) Amyloid, and (g) Fatty degeneration. Secondly, In Diseases of the Bile Ducts— (a) Congenital deficiency. (b) Accidental obstruction. The latter arising from gall-stones, hydatids, foreign bodies b 2