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Excerpt from The Lancet, 1831-32, Vol. 2 of 2
The liver itself is very red and firm, but not at all unnatural in its composition. Itis a simple case of hypertrophy, just as you oh serve ia instances of the heart. When the heart is liypertmpliied, for the most part you see no new deposit, no alteration of structure, except that it becomes larger and thicker than it should be, and, generally speaking, firmer also than it should be. ()r, in the case of the heart if the cavity be dilated, there is frequently great additional substance without any increase of the thick ness of its parietes, because, being dilated, it would grow thinner if there were no ia creased deposition. This is simply a case of overgrown liver. It is the red part that is chiefly hypertrophied, and you perceive it is exceedingly red, except in one or two parts near the surface, where it is rather paler than it ought to be, but this part is of very small extent. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
