Clinical Lectures on Diseases of the Liver, Jaundice and Abdominal Dropsy (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from Clinical Lectures on Diseases of the Liver, Jaundice and Abdominal Dropsy These lectures were originally delivered to the students of the Middle sex Hospital, and the first four have already, in part, appeared in the pages of the Lancet.' It is hoped that their publication in the present form may be useful not merely to those for whom they were originally intended, but likewise to other members of the Medical Profession. It is not their object to set forth a complete account of the diseases of which they treat, but rather to put prominently forward the leading characters on which the diagnosis of these diseases mainly depends, and, in particular, to determine the diagnostic import of those signs and symptoms - such as enlargement of the liver, jaundice, dropsy, and pain - which are com mon to many different hepatic disorders, but the precise cause of which is too often unrecognized. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.