Category: Science - Biology

Jaundice: Its Pathology and Treatment With the Application of Physiological Chemistry to the Detection and Treatment of Diseases of the Liver and Pancreas

Professor of Medical Jurisprudence in University College, London; Assistant Physician to University College Hospital; Formerly President of the Parisian Medical Society; Cor. Memb. of the Academy of Sciences of Bavaria, and of the Royal Academy of Medicine of Madrid.

Chapters

7. Part 7

Into the cellular tissue of the back of a full-grown, and healthy-looking terrier dog, I injected the bile taken from the gall-bladders of three healthy dogs, two of which had j...

4. Part 4

Firstly,--The majority of gall-stones are formed in the gall-bladder; their formation being due to the accidental deposition of the less soluble parts of the bile, either as a c...

5. Part 5

[Footnote 18: Professor Hoppe tests for bile-acids in the following manner:--The urine is boiled with an excess of milk of lime for about half an hour, and filtered to free it f...

3. Part 3

The congested condition of any gland is unfavourable to secretion. We all know, for example, that congestion of the kidney is accompanied by a suppression of the urinary secreti...

2. Part 2

From this it is seen, that the pathology of jaundice, according to Frerichs, is very different from what we were formerly taught. For while he has entirely laid aside the theory...

6. Part 6

24 HOURS' URINE. Quantity (33 oz.) . . . . . . . 1023 c.c. Reaction . . . . . . . . . . . Acid. Specific gravity . . . . . . . 1017. Urea . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15·345 gramme...

8. Part 8

On examining the patient I found the liver enlarged, and tender on pressure. The gall-bladder much distended, and easily felt. The skin of a yellow hue. The stools of a pale tin...

1. Part 1

Professor of Medical Jurisprudence in University College, London; Assistant Physician to University College Hospital; Formerly President of the Parisian Medical Society; Cor. Me...

9. Part 9

Bile, acids of, 8, 36, 58 tests for, 58, 61 action of, on albumen, 14 action on fats, 16 analysis of, 83 colour of, 10 diseased, 83 drunk by Caffres, 19 effects of food on, 11 i...