LIVER

(Germ, leber.) The viscus in which bile is secreted.Itis situated in the right hypochondriac region under the diaphragm; and in the human body is divided into two lobes, of which the right lobe is the largest. There is between them a smaller lobular proce , called the Lubulus Spigelii. The ultimate arrangement of the different blood ve els of the liver is very pecuMar. It has been ably investigatedbyMr. Kiernan, by whom it is described in the Philosophical Transactions. so LI'called VER from OF its SULPHUR.liver colour.Fused sulphuret of pota ium; [s. 690]