Excerpt from The Liver of Dyspeptics: And Particularly the Cirrhosis Produced by Auto-Intoxication of Gastro-Intestinal Origin (Clinical, Anatomo-Pathological, Pathogenic, and Experimental Study) Prior to our taking up the study of the clinical forms, which is the subject of the principal portion or this work, it is essential that a sort of general picture should be presented of the patho genic elements concerned. To this I have devoted the first part, which includes three chapters; one treating of auto-intoxication of gastro-intestinal origin, another enumerating the products of fermentation capable of exercising a pathogenic action, and last of all, a glance at the conditions which favor abnormal fermenta tions and the production of these poisons. In a second part, after some preliminary considerations in te gard to the anti - toxic role of the liver, comes the history of the dyspeptic liver with its two forms, congestion and cirrhosis. Next I consider the anatomical form of dyspeptic cirrhosis and its place among the scleroses of the liver. 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.