A treatise on the diseases of the liver, and on bilious complaints : with observations on the management of the health of those who have returned from tropical climates, and on the diseases of infancy / by George Hamilton Bell.

Date:
1833
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Credit: A treatise on the diseases of the liver, and on bilious complaints : with observations on the management of the health of those who have returned from tropical climates, and on the diseases of infancy / by George Hamilton Bell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    added to what has been already said on the treatment of a redundancy of bile. Mercury is seldom required, gentle cathartics being in most cases sufficient. Neu- tral salts, in combination with antimony, should be daily administered, or aperients such as those pre- scribed in the foot-note * The diet should be strictly farinaceous; the patient should be kept cool, taking, if there should be no fever, regular but gentle exercise. Ot course, should there be any fulness or uneasiness in the liver, leeches must be applied to the side; or the urgency of the symptoms may render venesection necessary. 2. Jaundice from Absolution of Bile within the Liver, the passage in the Duodenum being free. Jaundice may occur from absorption by the absorbents of the liver, while yet the bile is in the pori biliarii. This of course will arise either from a morbid activi- ty in the hepatic absorbent vessels, or from a failure of function in the biliary ducts ; or absorption of bile may ensue when there is an increased activity in the ss. VI. * Pulv. Rhei 3 Ext. colocynth gr. Pulv. Antimon Zingiber Ext. hyoscyam. a. a gr. xii. Adde tmct. opn. g£# xxiv. M. tere simul optime, et divide in pilulas xij. Sign. Two night and morning. Vel ]$> Scammon gr> v> Pulv. Rhei Potass, super-tart. a. a.... gr. x. Misce, fiat pulvis in aqua sumendus.