HEPATITIS

(Yunanca köken — orijinale bakınız.) Inflammation of the live i. The acme or active form of this disease is ushered in with pain in the region of the liver, sickne , cos livene , and a strong, hard, and frequent pulse; there is also generally great pain about the clavicle and shoulder. Bleeding, and purging with sails, senna, and calomel, and a blister, are usually effectual in Europe in subduing an attack of this disease:inwarm climates, calomel nnd mercurials must often lie continued till they affect the mouth. In ehronic hepatitis the same general plan of treatment must be followed up, especially as regards the use of mercurials: with these, and gentle aperients and mild bitters, the yellowne of the complexion, lowne of spirits, and other concomitants of what in warm climates is called the liver, are usually subdued, at least in Europe. The chronic hepatitis of India always requires for its permanent cure n change of climate. [s. 567]