"Cirrhosis of the liver" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... irritating effect of the alcohol on the stomach. When this is continued through a series of years, the assimilating power of the organism gradually deteriorates, and we begin to meet with chronic dyspepsia, acute Bright's disease, and cirrhosis of the liver. Let no one then consider that he is not misusing alcohol for the reason that he only takes a drink before meals—it would be far better if he were to go on a moderate ...
— Health on the Farm - A Manual of Rural Sanitation and Hygiene • H. F. Harris
... Elimination of Waste.*—Causing as it does such serious diseases as cirrhosis of the liver and Bright's disease of the kidneys (footnote, page 210), alcohol will greatly interfere in this way with the elimination of waste. There is also evidence to the effect that it interferes with waste elimination before the stage is reached of causing disease of these organs. Researches ...
— Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools • Francis M. Walters, A.M. |
