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:
MDCCCLXIII. [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.

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    jaundice by a German physician, about six years ago. Since then, I have tried it several times, and found it of benefit in jaundice arising from suppression. In those cases of obstruction, on the other hand, in which I tried it, it appeared to be anything but beneficial. I give it in the form of pill, three times a day. Dr. Green, one of my former pupils, who has just returned from India, tells me that he acted on my suggestion, and tried it in a case of well-marked jaundice, following an attack of delirium tremens ; and that by the end of eight days it would have required an experienced eye to detect the tinging of the conjunctive. The following may be cited as a tolerably good example of the value of benzoic acid in cases of jaundice from enervation :— William M , aged eleven years, labouring under an acute attack of severe jaundice, came under my care at University College Hospital on the 2nd of February. The patient appeared to be a moderately developed, and very intelligent boy. The jaundiced condition of the skin, his mother said, was first noticed on the 30th of January, only two days before he came to the hospital. It was further ascertained that, although the boy had for some length of time been subject to monthly attacks of severe headache, and bilious vomiting, he had. never before suffered from