The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-09-24
Diseases of the Liver.
BY Oh. V. CLARENCE PRICE.

The number of people labonng unoer al
fections of the Liver, Kidnys and Lungs, are
incredible and by far the greatest majority
Of them scarcely have suspicion that such
difficulty exists in the slightest degree Al
though they seldom feel well, they are loth
to believe that anything serious may arise
from it. The situation and Office OF the Liver
render it more exposed to the action OF as
case, and more liable to become so than any
other organ of the human body. The symp-
toms characterizing diseased liver are hu-
merous. A sensation of fullness across the
| chest, III consequence of viScid blood accum-
nlating in the liver, causing it to enlarge or
| swell, which would press open the disphragh,
thus lessening the capacity of the chest, that
| the lungs would not have room to expand,
amp difficulty Of breathing, or shortness OF
1 breath would follow, giving rise to phthislc
Tor asthma, and after the upper surface OF the
| liver becomes diseased, extends its influence
| to the lungs, producing consumption, which
| doubtless is one of ths most frequent causes
| in this climate for producing this diseased
When the blood is retained too long in the
| liver it becomes acrid and creates inflammation,
| and liberation of the liver in time would
I take place. The viscid state o the blood
often produces thick and viscd state of the
bile, giving rise to the formation of hillary
ealcllli, gall stones, gravel, cite. producing
great distress, as they pass through the bile
duet This acrid bile will produce fever,
inflammation, dysentery, and when conveyed
Into the small intestines win infame and
rritnte them, and the patient will feel a
fainting, or an ache, attended with fatulence
acidity and often burning sensation, vomit- |
ing, splitting up the food, or spasm, which by
medical men is usually termed Dyspepsia:
food would distress them as much as to cause,
them to live on very spare diet, the digest
i've organs would become so much deragned
that both digestion and assimilation would |
be inperfectly performed, and much emacia-
ton of the body would follow others would |
say that "they could eat anything, nothing I
hurts them - and although they eat much,i /
is not attended with an increase of flesh =
they still remain poor, showing that the di /
ozestive and assimulative organs have become |
SO impaired as to render them incapable of
performing their Office. The bile, when thin !
and acrid, is capable of being absorbed into 7
the whole system. giving rise to yellowness.
yellow 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
make their appearance. Piles are produced |
from an acrid condition of the. bile. In con-
sequence of the absorption of bile into the Il
blood the visibility of the blood is increased i
the blood which was thick before is thus
rendered thicker still. The Office of the heart
is to propel the blood through the system IL
when therefore, the blood becomes thick the
labor of the heart is lncreased-which weak {
ems its powers-renders il incapable of throw ,
ing the blood to the observation-disclosures de-
ficient circulation, cold hands, feet, chilliness,
and palpitatons and pains over the region Of
the heart, and which in many instance, if al
lowed to continue, disease of the heart itself
will be the result. Rheumatism, palsy or
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;state of
the blood and debility of the heart? p Nery-
business, debility, etc., are all produced by
the deficient support which the nerves re-
Geive from the blood. Even arrangements of =
the human intellect are produced in this way :
Pain, dizziness of the head, ringing of the !
ears. fullness of the head, great heat in the
top of the head, sometimes cOldnesss and 9th
er distresses of the head are often experience I,
ed ,Whv is it So? The blood being thick l
and viscid, its motion througe the veins is J
SIOW1 IlG uSdb LhIOhS SuC UtOOQ through l.
arteries to the head faster than it returns
by the veins back again to the heart, hence
OF blood take place in the
head, press upon the brain and produce all q
the difficulties above-named, even falling-fjts
and apoplexy are produced in this way.
1t is doubtful whether any disease of l
chronic character exists in which the liver .
does not perform prominent part, or is not G
more or less concerned; and venture to af- ~
firm that health can in no instance be main
tanned where transactions of the liver are in 1
any way imperfect. How often is it that
a patient tries one advertised medicine, then
another, until his patience and money are ex-
kind as piece of deception and imposition. y
For the suffering patient this is truly de! 1
plorable facial he can derive is not a cure. ,
a removal of the cause of all his Affections !
but merely transitory benefit, which sooner
severity and obstinacy. Relief may be had
but how deadly the cost. Let the afflicted re-
fleet, not abandon hope because they have
been tempered with. By the system of treat
ment we adopt in the cure of chronic diseases
by the remedial agents we employ, this
disease can be cured. Delay not until the
death knell has sounded, then expect resto- c
ration. Seek for relief as soon as the first in
dications of failing health manifests itself
g 1 have made my visits regularly for years, Ia
and will be for consultation in person upon t
all diseases ofthe lungs, throat, heart blood, 1
nerves, etc, on, my next, visit at Kenosha,s G
House, during Saturday, the nth
of October. DIR. V. CLARENCE PRICE.
1850. +,