The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-12
FOUR POUNDS OF LIVER

reader requests article about the liver
 ana it's functions. He craves to know whether person can live without a liver. Liver? Oh, yes, yes, I remember now. It's
 that large gland in the northwestern abdomen | weight As for living without it. do not ad. wise you to try. Why interfere with these things as long they don't bother us? In the old days when the charlatans devoted considerable attention to the flyers of gullible folk the latter suffered proportionately with
 bad livers. Nowadays it is difficult to get even moron anxious about the state of his liver, and the quondam nimble little liver pill is re- called only when the customer hasn't the price of the article which some European clinic clerk all decked out in his barber's coat. recommen nds to the peasants who patronize the free clinic. Incidentally, where do people get the morbid suggestions that make them sick? Not from anatomy, physiology or hygiene They yet their harmful impressions or transformation from deving in symptomatology. pathology bacteri- ology. etiology, diagnosis and therapeutics, the kind taught by charlatans. nostrum mongers,
 fad headers, and mail order humbugs The liver is the largest glasd in the body,
 having both external and internal secretons. In a newborn infant the liver weighs one- eighteenth of the body weight In an adult one thirty sixth of the body weight
 The external secretion, the bile, is produced in the cells which make up the structure of the liver, and it seeps in channels between cells tcapillares) into the small branches of the bile ducts or tubes which convey it, as through
 twigs of the branches of a tree into the two large ducts. on from either lobe, which finally
 unite to form the main hepatic duct. This is | joined 1 1-2 inches along the cyctic duct com
 ing from the gall bladder, and the bile flows on
 through the common gall duct for another
 three inches to empty into the duodenum or
 upper end of the small intestine three inches beyond the lower outlet of the stomach. Re-
 member that the gall-sac is a blind pouch re- l scmbling and acting like perfume spray bulb. It holds tablespoonful or two of bile. which it squirts into the Luodenum after cer- tain foods medicines are swallowed-espe- cialy fats and strong Epson salts or other salt | traction of tho gall bladder, not an increased l solutions. Remember, this is only reflex con- | secretion of bile. The gall bladder lies under | the edge of the right lobe of the liver in the vicinity of Boise, but If 1t hurts you at all you are quite certain to feel 1t in Duluth or Bis | marck at first. con the other hand If 1t is your appendix that hurts, you feel 1t first is Lincoln, and latcr If you continue to feel any, thing, it moves down toward Los Angcles.) Gingerly returning to our physiology. find 1t
 M th Ie % o te sbec you wh p reference to the circulation, in order that you may understand the functions of the liver Watch for another lesson shortly. It will be
 about "The Portal System"
 | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | Is 1t safe to use alcohol dcnatured with wood alcohol for external nppicatOn-fOr bathing the skin, in linlnicnts and the like? (F. M. O. alcohol might be inhaled to produce poisonous
 effects. Alcohol for bathing or for external application should be denatured with less dan- gerous poisons. of which number are ap- proved for the purpose.
 Linca Rubra
 I After the birth of my baby noticed n thif | red line down ties center of the belly. What causes this? (Mrs N. C.D
 Answer--It is normal occurrence. Sweating
 | Is or harmful to use to pre- vent perspiring under the arms etc? Miss S G.) Answer Both of the preparations you men
 ton are harmless. A solution of half an ounce
 of aluminium chloride in three ounces of water
 is generally safisfactory--no some on the skir once day for three or four days. which wil suhice for week or more.