A treatise on the structure, economy, and diseases of the liver : together with an inquiry into the properties and component parts of the bile and biliary concretions / by William Saunders, M.D. F.R.S. ; fellow of the College of Physicians, and senior physician to Guy's Hospital.

  • Saunders, William, 1743-1817.
Date:
1797
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Credit: A treatise on the structure, economy, and diseases of the liver : together with an inquiry into the properties and component parts of the bile and biliary concretions / by William Saunders, M.D. F.R.S. ; fellow of the College of Physicians, and senior physician to Guy's Hospital. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    than in colder countries ; and by its being more bitter and more active, it poffefTes a greater antifeptic power than the milder and more diluted fluid of a colder climate ; hence it is better fitted to correct and re- flrain the propenfities to fpontaneous and putrid fermentations, fo extremely preva- lent in warm climates. 6. I do not, however, mean to deny, that many and great inconveniences are found to arife from the prevalence of bile in the primae viae ; but I am firmly perfuaded, that a diminution of its natural quantity would produce difeafes of a more permanent and alarming nature. It is more difficult to fupply the defect in the quantity of this fluid, than to carry off its excefs; it is even more eafy to diminifti its acrimony tr&n to in- creafe its power, and thereby render it more active, and better fuited to anfwer the vari- ous and ufeful purpofes intended by it to the animal ceconomy. M