Anatomical and physiological description of the late Signor Sarti's new anatomical model, : together with the causes, symptoms, and treatment of the diseases of the principal organs. / By W. Mawhinney, surgeon.

Mawhinney, W.

Date:: [between 1849 and 1854?]

Credit: Anatomical and physiological description of the late Signor Sarti's new anatomical model, : together with the causes, symptoms, and treatment of the diseases of the principal organs. / By W. Mawhinney, surgeon. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$THE LIVER. if; ™d the of the chyle, and is again taken into theX V?16” ’l”.0 the comPosition part of the body. To gjve a minntP a circ.ulatlon’ and becomes the solid very tedious, and altogether uspIp « < escnPtl031 of this organ would be can convey,’is V* W““ 1 through a filtering stone, has the impurities sepamedTn-T^ °“ PaSSiUg passes from beneath • so wLn fu . • ' ePara1;ed> and the pure water stance of the liver, the bile is secreted’?^6 b °°d ?aSSeS lhrou8h the sub- returns again to the circulation Th ir?Punt7’ and the pure blood body, is subject to numerot d^easl t ^ &U °?er Parts of the common causes of disease ntv ’ r ?? may anse from an7 °f the stays ,- intemperance, or anXt, ofTnd IXnTthe 5 PV ^ I may mention inflammation, enlargement abscegssh m TiernliS }Seases> as cancer; scrofula and a ffrUnltt If? 5- ° S„; m»bguant diseases, treatment of these must vLtr a/ r y d]sease> cahed the gin liver. The patient. When the li ver \ the .Stag® and condition of the the pulse generally full and hardXXa'riraXdfert .the.right sid? ’ pain extends to the left shoulder hu • d faereDt instances ; the *h.p.tie.tltabe^t?^t^’tl^S^L0. ,he dHght Sh°UHer; sometimes jaundice, with difficulty of breathinsr TV ^ vom,t!ng. and ■n time is seldom fatal; (he ordinary trealment S inP» d,seass> ]t takeD as m other cases ; bleeding general!V hv (i1Q ? °* inflammation is required of’ the pulse and strength of the patient: Inn nan,cet’ accord,ng to the state diet, rest, and purgative. If J l ’ loCally by ffleans °f leeches ; low be opened, and a small portion o/the matte^all15011?* eXternally’ ifc mus£ then the strength of the natiprn- ™ ??te ed to escape at a time; by means of i ssues^^ setons^6116 mUSt be suPP°,rted- Counter-irritation5, disease to which I wish to dire’ctThe °?gr^t,s.ervice’ Bnt the met with, is a functional derangement This ^ Whl°h ls„most frequently causes which I have just mention pH w may arise from any of the Every one must understand this who ?? esPec3ad7 from anxiety of mind, glandular structures in oth»r parts alU-1 °b?er,ved tbe effect produced on sympathetic nerve, whlXs connected „! ,S, e,,’?,PTSid‘!d over b? If a sensitive personhear, atit J -T'l W,'th lbe exteral senses. powerfully that the water fails over the fjeMstntXf0'13!- giand a°tS s0 think of an acid substance the salivn ic „ d > tbe fo,rra of tears ; if we fear, the perspiration flows’from th* a • boured lnto the mouth ; or from on the glands of the part. The lively ^ accou.nt..of tbe efrbct produced strong impression is made on the extern a? a S11?lar structure, when a of business, the changes of temneratnrp A Uses> Qr tbe great excitement the function that it may cease to secrete fnr°« ^ e use stimulants, so derange become torpid; it may then take on wee'or fortnight; then the bowels quantity of bile is poured ilt^fnteZuT ^ aud S° large a and the bite enters the stomach nrndnv ’ th 1 lhe Parts ls.over stimulated, is called : to remedy this evil the 1)a?I)gf vomitinf’ or bilious attack, as it Anxiety of mind will depend in a JeaX take ao™ ™ld aperient, individual; and in the female it is S>“ ^ the mode of life uf *1» This I have often observed the disease CamPljeated wi‘b »me love affair, the mind was at rest. Gall-stones sometiriST*3™8 a,ter aianriage, when the patient experiences excruciating ,mi a .orm 111 the gall-bladder, and bile duct. An opiumL®f Z !g their passage th™8b tb» ought to be fomented to assist' -he dilate?;106’ '? ,1 an0J'dne, :id the part doubt but, in functional diseases of the If ° duct There is »«1« ’ 01 the bver, much may be done for the$