The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-10-26
DISEASES OF THE LIVER.
HY DRs. PRICE & BREWER.

O. SUSPICION that Sucn q ul1nculty eAlSuS
in the slightest degree. Although they
seldom feel well, they are 10th to believe
that anything serious may arise from it.
Diseases OF the liver produce q great
variety Of symptoms. The situation and
Office of the Liver render it more expos
ed to the action of disease, and more
liable to become SO than any other organ
of the human body. The symptoms
characterizing diseased liver are nu-
merous. A sensation OF fullness across
the chest, in consequence of viscid blood
accommodating in the liver, causing it to
enlarge or swell, which would press upon
the diaphragm, thus lessening the ca
pacitv Of the chest that the lungs would
not have room to expand, and difficulty
of breathing, dry hacking cough, Or
shortness of breath would follow, giving
rise to phthisic or asthma, and after the
upper surface of the liver becomes dis
eased, extends it's influence to the lungs,
producing consumption, which doubtless
is one of the most frequent causes in this
climate for producing this disease. When
the blood is retained too long in the
nation, and liberation of the liver would
in time take place. The viscid state of
the blood often produces q thick and
viscid state of the bile, giving rise to the
formation of hillary calcali, gall-stones,
gravel, ETC., producing great distress, as
they pass through the bile duct. This
acrid bile will produce fever, inhama-
ton, dysentery, and when conveyed into
the small intestines will infame and IL
ritate them, and the patient will feel
fainting, or an indescribable weakness
Just below the pit of the stomach, at
tended with fatulence, acidity, and Of
ten burning sensation, vomiting, spit
ting up the blood, OF spasm, which 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 imperfectly performed, and
much ema citation of the body would fol-
low, others could eat anything, nothing
seems to hurt them, although they eat
much it is not attended with an increase
of flesh they still remain poor, showing
that the digestive and assimulating
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
the whole system, giving rise to sallow-
ness, yellow jaundice, and dark OF sal
low spots on parts of the body of many
individuals. The acrid bile being alb
| sorbed into the blood, renders it like
wise 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
consequence of the absorption of bile
into the blood, the visc:dity of the blood
| is increased-the blood which was thick
| H.
The Office of the heart is to propel the
blood through the system when there
fore the blood becomes thick the labor
| of the heart is increased-which weak
ems it's powers-renders it incapable of
throwing the blood to the extremities
hence deficient circulation, cold hands
and feet, chilliness, often the feet are
very hot as the result of a feeble circu-
lation of the blood, palpitations and
pains over the region of the heart, which
in many instances, if allowed to continue
disease of the heart itself will result
| Rheumatism, palsy or paralysis, numb
ness of the limbs, aches and pam Of one
description or another, sometimes in the
back part of the head are frequently
complained of. From whence do they
arise but from this viscid state of the
blood and debility of the heart? Ner-
vousness, debility, ETC., are all produced
by the deficient supportwhich the nerves
receive from the blood. Pain, dizziness
of the head, ringing of the ears, fullpess
of the head, great heat ID the top of the
head, sometimes GOODNESS and other dis
tresses of the head ere often experienced.
Why is it SO The blood being thick
and viscid, its motion through the veins
| is slow, the heart throws the blood
through the arteries to the head faster
than it returns by the veins back again
to the heart, hence accumulations of
blood take place in the head, press upon
the brain and produce all the difficulties
above named, even falling fits anu apo
plexy are produced in this way.
When the upper surface of the Liver
becomes diseased, it frequently extends
its influence to the kidneys, and pains
are experienced across the small of the
back, producing much distress by dis
easing neighboring organs. It is under
such circumstances that dropsies, dia-
betes, diseases of the urinary organs,
bladder, ETC., occur.
Often an affection of the Liver extends
its influence to the spleen, causing an
enlargement of that organ-impaired
condition of the bowels, either obstinate
costiyeness, or lasting and exhaustive
diarrh@a-pain in the shoulder, between
the shoulders, under the shoulder blade,
in the breast, eto. The patient often
irritable, fretful, drowsy, or sleepy
Eyes become infamed, sight impaired
! Illustrations of diseases of the liver
might be far more extended. 1t IL
doubtful whether any disease of a chron-
| IL CHafSctef eXlStS III WHICH the liver does
not perform prominent part, OF is not
mere or less concerned and we venture
! to affirm that health can in no instance
be maintained where the transactions
OF the liver are in any way imperfect.
How often is it that a patient tries one
advertised medicine, then another, until
his patience and money are exhausted,
and he abandons everything of the kind
as piece of deception and imposition.
For the suffering patient this is truly
deplorable facial he can derive is not
a cure, a removal of the cause of all his