The human body A beginner's text-book of anatomy, physiology and hygiene .. . illed, and what remains is a shrunken, hard roughmass, well known to physicians as ^ hob-nailed, or^ gin-drinkers liver. A liver in this condition cannot, of course, secrete bileproperly, and thus digestion is imperfect. In still another way, the nourishment of the body isvery seriously affected. Besides making bile, the liverhas another duty. This is to take up from the bloodthe sugar (much of it made from vegetable starch, p. 108)which the blood has absorbed from the stomach or in-testines, and turn this sugar back
The human body A beginner's text-book of anatomy, physiology and hygiene .. . illed, and what remains is a shrunken, hard roughmass, well known to physicians as ^ hob-nailed, or^ gin-drinkers liver. A liver in this condition cannot, of course, secrete bileproperly, and thus digestion is imperfect. In still another way, the nourishment of the body isvery seriously affected. Besides making bile, the liverhas another duty. This is to take up from the bloodthe sugar (much of it made from vegetable starch, p. 108)which the blood has absorbed from the stomach or in-testines, and turn this sugar back into a kind of animalstarchy which is more fitted to nourish the muscles andseveral other organs. This animal starch is then returnedto the blood to be carried over the body. A diseasedliver cannot perform this duty, and many organs are inconsequence ill nourished. What is fibrous degeneration? Gin-drinkers liver? Result as re-gards digestion ? Another use of the liver besides making bile ?What becomes of the animal starch made in the liver? Result whenliver is diseased ?.
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