The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-05-21
Diseases of the Liver.
BY DIR. V. CLARENCE PRICE.

/ BY DIR. V. CLARENCE PRICE.
The number of people laboring under afec
tions of the Liver, Kidneys and Lungs, are IN
Icredible; and bv far the greatest majority o
/ them scarcely have a suspicion that such
difficulty exists in the slightest degree. al
Though they seldom feel well, they are lott
to believe that anything serious is the matte
with them. Diseases of the liver produce
great variety OF symptoms, and those symp
toms are all considered as separate and dis
tlnct diseases and treated as such by doctors
because ignorant N0sologists have done sc
before them. This treating symptoms of &
disease is productive of great evil, as the pair
or distress is by these means transferred from
one place to another for some length OF time
thus deceiving the patient and inducing him
TO believe that he is better, whilst the really
diseased organ which is the cause of all these
| local difficulties remains undisturbed until il
| becomes mass of irrecoYerable obstruction
| The situation and office of the liver render il
more exposed to the action Of disease, and
more liable to become so, than any other or
gan of the human body. The symptoms char
acterizing diseased liver are numerous. A
sensation of fullnesS across the chest, in con.
sequence ofviscid blood accommodating in the
| liver, causing it to enlarge or swell, which
would press upon the diaphragm, thus lessen.
| ing the capacity of the chest, that the lungs
would not have room to expand, and difficult.
! " of breathing, or shortness Of breath would
follow, giving rise to phthisic or asthma and
| after the upper surface of the liver becomes
diseased, extends its influence to the lungs
| producing consumption, which doubtless is
one of the most frequent causes in this eli
| mate for producing this disease. When the
blood is retained too long in the liver it be.
comes acrid and creates Inflammation, and
liberation of the liver in time would take
place. The viscid state of the bile giving
rise to the formation of hillary calculi, gall
stones, gravel, etc, producing great distress
as they pass through the bile duct This &C
rid bile will produce fever, Inflammation, dys-
entery, and when conveyed into the small in
testines will int1ame and irritate them, and
the atient will feel a fainting, or an indie
scribable weakness just below the pit of the
stomach, attended with fatulence, acidity,
and often burning sensation, vomiting, spit
Ting up the food, or spasm, which by medical
men is usually termed dyspepsia food would
distress them so much as to cause them to live
on very spare diet, the digestive organs
would become so much deranged that both
digestion and assimilation would be imper-
fectly performed, and much emaciatiOn of the
body would follow; others would say that
they could eat anything, nothing hurts
them :" and although they eat much, it is
not attended with an increase of flesh they
still remain poor, showing that the digestive
and assimllatlng organs have become so i'm
paired as to render them incapable of per-
forming their office. The bile, when thin and
acrid, is capable of being absorbed into the
whole system. giving rise to yellowness. vel
low jaundice, and dark or sallow spots on
parts of the body of many individuals. The
acrid bile being absorbed into the blood, rem
ders it likewise acrid, and diseases it and
hence eruptions, humors, and even ulcers
ma Ike their appearance. Piles are produced
from an acrid condition of the bile. In con-
sequence of the absorption of bile into the
blood, the Viscidity Of the blood is increased
the blood which was thick before is thus
rendered thicker still. The Office of the heart
is to propel the blood through the system
when therefore the blood becomes thick the
labor OF the heart is increased-which weak
ms It's powers-renders it incapable of throw
ing the blood to the eXtremities-heDce def
cient circulation, cold hands, feet, chllliness
and Palpitations and pains over the region of
the heart, and which, in many instances, if
allowed to continue, disease of the heart it
self will be the result. Rheumatism, palsy or
paralysis numbness of the limbs, aches and
pains of one description or another are fire.
quently complained of. From whence do
they arise but from this viscid state of the
blood and debility of the heart Nervousness.
debility, etc, are all produced by the def
eient support which the nerves receive from
The blood. Even arrangements of the human
intellect are produced in this way. Pain, dir !
ziness of the head ringing of the ears, fullness
oi the head, great heat in the top of the head, |
sometimes GOODNESS and other distresses of |
,he head are often experienced. Why is it so ? |
The blood being thick and yiscid its motion |
through the veins is slow the heat throws the |
blood through the arteries to the head fas ter |
han it returns by the veins back again to the
leart, hence accumulations of blood take
place in the head press upon the brain and
produce all the difficulties above named, even
alling fits and a2oplexy are produced in this
way.
When the upper surface of the liver becomes
diseased, it frequently extends its influence
In. l. i l
cross the small of the back, producing much
distress by dlseasing neighboring organs. 1t
under such circumstances that dropsies, |
iabetes, diseases of the urinary organs, blad-
er, ETC., difficulty, pain, and often a smart
ng seneation in the passage of urine which is
lillly or high colored, with cloudy or brick |
Ike sediment. The patient will frequently
eel disposition to pass urine. but the guam
Ivy Will be small, sometimes merely passing
y drops, at other times it will pass in large
Quantities at once
Often an affection of the Liver extends its
ntuence 20 the spleen, causing an enlarge
lent of that organ-impare condition ofthe
owels, either obstinate costiveness or lasting
nd eXhausting diarrhea, as witnessed in
hose soldiers or persons subject to q south
rn climate-pain in the shoulder, between
he shoulders, under the shoulder blade, in
he breast, etc. The patient is often irritable,
retful, drowsy or sleepy, eyes become in
AIMED, sight impaired. Illustrations of dis
asses of the liver might be far more extended.
t is doubtful whether any disease of chron
= character exists, in which the liver does not
erfOrm a prominent part, is not more or less
and l venture to affirm that health
an in no instance be maintained where trans
ctions of the liver are in any way imperfect {
low often is IL that patient tres one adver (
ised medicine, then another, until his pa
fence and money are exhausted, and he aban
ons everything of the kind as q piece of de-
option and imposition, For the suffering pa.
lent this is truly deplorable facial he
an derive is not cure, a removal of the
aHse of all his Affections. but merely a tran
tory benefit, which sooner or later is follow
d with an increase of their severity and OBJ
tinacy. Relief may be had, but how deadly |
he cost. Let the afflicted reflect, not aban-
on hope because they have been tempered
18th. By the system of treatment we adopt
4 the cure of chronic diseases by the RENE
ial agents we employ, this disease can be
ured. Delay not until the death knell has
ounded, then expect restoration. Seek for
elief as soon as the first indication of falling
ealth manifests itself.
l have made my visits regularly, for years,
nd will be for consultation upon all diseases
f the lungs, throat, heart, neves, blood, etc.,
n my next visit at Kennsha, Halliday House, l.
uring Saturday, the 18th of June.
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