A practical treatise on various diseases of the abdominal viscera / by Christopher Robert Pemberton.

  • Pemberton, Christopher Robert, 1765-1822.
Date:
1814
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A practical treatise on various diseases of the abdominal viscera / by Christopher Robert Pemberton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    The tendency in the Liver to run into suppuration is certainly not so great in this country as in warmer climates ; fore here, I think, abscess of the Liver must be reck- oned an uncommon occurrence. It w^ould appear as if the membrane of the Liver, in this country, was more prone to acute inflammation, and the substance of the liver to chronic, I have omitted Cough from amongst the first symptoms of this disease, because I never knew it take place till after the pain had seized the patient at least forty-eight hours. It is right, however, to state, that after this period, it is a very common, and almost constant symptom. The Cough is sometimes loose, and sometimes dry: when it arises from the general inflammatory diathesis, producing an increased secretion from the mucous membrane of the lungs, it is loose; but when it arises from the inflamed membrane of the convex surface of the Liver irritating the diaphragm, it is dry. When it is loose,