The Lettsomian lectures delivered at the Medical Society of London, 1872, on the pathology and treatment of some diseases of the liver / by S.O. Habershon.

  • Habershon, S. O. (Samuel Osborne), 1825-1889.
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1872
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    no abnormal adhesions ; no contraction of the pylorus ; no morbid appearance, except hour-glass contraction of the stomach, and we could scarcely regard that con- dition as the direct cause of death. I might relate other instances which have come tmder my own notice, the symptoms of which were very obscure, and in which we were led to attribute the pain to some unknown disturbance of the gastro- hepatic system of nerves. Some of these instances are relieved by nervine tonics, as by arsenic and by steel; and others by saline mineral waters, and by complete change of thought and scene. Atrophy of the Liver.—The connection of the pneumogastric with the gastro-hepatic nerves is an interesting one in the pathological study of phthisis ; and the atrophic deposition of oil-globules in the liver during phthisis is variously explained. A larger quantity of carbo-hydrogen may exist in the blood from undue absorption, and from the imperfect action of the respiratory organs; but a fatty liver is found in other exhausting diseases, in atrophy from in- temperance, and from cancerous and other diseases ; yet we cannot but think that the exhausted nervous energy tends to increase the disease, if so it may be termed. This nervous connection has to do with the indigestion which often precedes phthisis, and which is indicated by pallor, by failing appetite, and by diminished strength; the tongue is furred; and, as it