ion, bronchitis, hoarseness,
and pain in the chest. If the _stomach_ be the sympathizing organ, the
tongue is coated white or brown, there is nausea, loss of appetite,
flatulency, acidity, dyspepsia, fullness, and oppression, amounting,
sometimes, to pain in the stomach after taking food; the food ferments
and gives rise to eructations and various other manifestations of
disorder. If the _bowels_ are morbidly influenced by this affection,
there is constipation or diarrhea, griping pain, distension of the
abdomen, piles, and pain just within the points of the hips, thus
indicating irritation of The colon. If the _brain_ or _nervous system_
sensitively responds, there is headache, dizziness, disturbed sleep,
depression of spirits, peevishness, capriciousness, lack of energy,
irritability, and congestive symptoms. When the _skin_ is involved the
surface is dry, harsh, and scaly, displaying dark "moth-spots,"
blotches, or numerous little sores, and the countenance has a dull,
tawny look. If the _kidneys_ be disturbed by it, there may be pain and a
sensation of weight in the back, while the urine may be scanty and
high-colored, or abundant, pale, and limpid, frequently charged with
sedimentary products of disease, and voided with difficulty. If the
_womb_ be implicated in this chronic affection, the menstrual function
may be deranged, and result in an excessive or a deficient monthly flow,
and be followed by profuse leucorrhea.

The preceding allusion to the complications of chronic inflammation of
the liver shows the necessity of clearly distinguishing between the
symptoms of this disorder and those reflected by the organs which
sympathetically respond. To discriminate more effectually, and place the
correctness of the diagnosis beyond doubt, we make a chemical and
microscopical examination of the urine, and thereby detect the morbid
products which it contains, and direct our attention to the diseased
organs furnishing them. These examinations together with a complete
history of the case, enable us to make a correct and definite diagnosis
of the disease, and the extent to which it has affected the other
organs.

Before entering upon the consideration of treatment, let us briefly
enumerate the functions of the liver: _First_, it removes matter, which,
if allowed to remain in the blood, would become noxious and unfit it for
the further support of the body. _Secondly_, by secreting bile, it
furnishes to the digestive organs