Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-08-18
Liver Disease.


treatment, Diseases Of the Blood
and Skin, Jaundice, Constipation
Of the Bo,rels, Piles, Female Weak
ness. Nervous Debility, Heart Dis
eases, Dyspepsia, and many other
forms of Disease caused By Liver
Complaint. - 20 HS1@ W
The liver is the largest organ or
gland In the human system. 1t Is
the great blood purifying or depura.
ting machine of our systems-the
"housekeeper" of our health. Dis
eases Of the liver are much more
common than many people suppose.
have observed in the dissecting
room, and in making post>mortem
examinations upon the bodies of
those who have died Of various dis
eases, that in large portion Of cases
the liver has shown evidence Of
having, at some time been diseased.
The sudden changes of the New
England climate, the malarial in
fiuences of the West, and the hest of
the South, as wellas the dietetic hab-
Its of the people of this country, and
other causes, all tend to develop liver
disease throughout the United States
This is true, both of man and beast;
as every butcher knows that he finds
the livers of cattle, sheep and swine
diseased ten times, where he finds
any other organ diseased once. AL.
most every one Is bilious at some
time, and many are constantly bill
ious. 1t may be mere congestion of
the liver, and torpidity Of its funct-
ion, or this may result in some struc-
tural or organic affection. The hui
man system, the most perfect of all
the works of the Creator, 10 30 CON-
stituted that, to be entirely healthy,
1t must throw Off the waste, worn
out and poisonous materials as fast
% IL takes on new material from our
food and drink. The food Is made
into nourishing and healthy blood,
principally through the offices Of the
stomach and liver. The worn out
materials are mostly carried out Of
the system through the liver, lungs |
and kidneys. The vast Importance |
Of the liver as blood-purifying and
excretory organ IL amply proven by
several most learned German physi, |
ologists, who base their assertions |
upon actual experiments only.
The foul and morbid matter abb
sorbed from the various tissues and
taken into the blood, Is absorbed
therefrom by . healthy liver and
into bile, which is convey
ed into the daodenum, or upper por-
ton of the small intestines, where 1t |
unites with chynse partially digested
food) completes digestion, and separ-
atss the mass into refuse matter, and
to be conveyed away by the intes-
tines, and chyle, milky substance
which Is taken up from the intestines
by the lacteals and carried to every
part of the system, Furnishing those
elements necessary to sustain q
healthy growth of the different Or
yans and parts. A healthy liver Sc
sretes each day about two and q half
pounds Of bile, which. as have OBJ
contains q great amount Of
waste material taken from the blood.
When the liver becomes. torpid or
Ii fails to eliminate this
vast amount of noxious substance,
which, therefore, remains to poison
he blood and be conveyed to every
part Of the system. What must be
ne condition Of the blood tches Il IL
and retaining each day tsOo
md Osss,hay pounds Of poisons Ma
lure tries to work or this poison
other channels and organs
The kidnsys. lungs, skin. etc. but
these organs become oyertaxed In
performing this labor, In addition to
their natural functions, and cannot
long Withstand the pressure.
The blood, poisoned with the daily |
excess Of bile, returns |
from The liver 10 The heart. and the
nerves Of the heart ara affected. and |
IL this cause is long continued we
get chronic Irritation, undue excite
nnent, and morbid nutrition Of the |
heart developing many forms Of
Heart Disease. s,., -.
In like manner the lungs INCOME
affected. The bile poisoned blood |
passss from the upper and right cav
ity of the heart to the lower, thence