Medical hints for the hills / by S.O. Bishop.

  • Bishop, S. O.
Date:
1888
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Credit: Medical hints for the hills / by S.O. Bishop. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Caasss. atrophy or shriwMng of the livsr, the results of inhaiaaiioii,, irialarious or otherwise, the abuse of BpinbS aod prolonged residence in a hot climate. Bathing in cold water’ will of ion upset the liver. Eating rich food ■which camnot be digested is a cai^se of exr cess of bile, or biliousness, Symptoms, I only intend to notice here the symptoms of chronic atrophy or shrinking of the liver, congestion, the result of chills, and biliousness, and functional disorders (see p. 49), as these are what we usually meet with in visitors coming from the plains. The symptoms of chronic atrophy of the liver or shrinking, are often such that they are not recognized by the patient himself. He knows there is something wrong and cannot make it out; has no particular pain about hia liver, but an uncomfortable feeling; yet his liver does not act freely, and with the slightest indulgence the secretion of bile Symptoms, stops altogether, giving rise to constipation,
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