The Alkaloidal Clinic, 1905, Vol. 12 (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Alkaloidal Clinic, 1905, Vol. 12 One other consequence of this hepatic insuficiency is the incomplete elaboration of the aforesaid intermediary products of metabolism that reach the liver from the general circulation. When the liver cells can no longer properly perform their many functions because they are poi soned from the bowel, then these bodies that circulate around each hepatic cell in a network of lymph and blood channels as intricate as the capillary branches of the portal system, can no longer be con verted into innocuous end products, like urea, uric acid, creatinin, etc., but are te turned to the general circulation un changed, as poisonous ammonium salts, alloxuric bases, and a host of other bodies that, unless rapidly eliminated through the kidneys, produce a chronic autointoxication. 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.