The well-dressed woman: a study in the practical application to dress of the laws of health, art, and morals . Fig. 28.—The Normal Liver. times whitish in color from the thickening of itstissues. In some cases the furrow is so deep thatthe liver is almost cut in two. Coils of intestine fre-quently lie in it. Fig. 29, from Frenchs Diseasesof the Liver, shows the tight-lace depression and theseries of folds sometimes produced in the liver bythe narrowing of the base of the thorax. says that a part of the right and usually 64 THE WELL-DRESSED WOMAN. of the left lobe also becomes separa


The well-dressed woman: a study in the practical application to dress of the laws of health, art, and morals . Fig. 28.—The Normal Liver. times whitish in color from the thickening of itstissues. In some cases the furrow is so deep thatthe liver is almost cut in two. Coils of intestine fre-quently lie in it. Fig. 29, from Frenchs Diseasesof the Liver, shows the tight-lace depression and theseries of folds sometimes produced in the liver bythe narrowing of the base of the thorax. says that a part of the right and usually 64 THE WELL-DRESSED WOMAN. of the left lobe also becomes separated by a depres-sion, the situation of this depression being some-times higher and sometimes lower, according to thelocality of the lacing. The furrow thus formed. Fig. 29.—Liver with an abnormally prolonged left lobe and a tight-lace depression. often penetrates deeply into the parenchyma, tillthere remains nothing more than a loose ligament-ous connection, which allows a free motion of theseparated portion (Fig. 30). The serous covering of this portion always ap-pears thickened and of an opaque white, and thebiliary ducts may be seen through the peritonealcoat, enlarged and full of a brownish mucus, theevacuation of which is prevented by the constriction(Tig. 31). The veins are invariably enlarged. Themargins of the detached portion are rounded and EFFECT ON THE LIVER OF TIGHT-LACING. 65


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