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Show 1 n-w m u ' 1 2 Kilt Ki-lt is well known that albuminous foods in excess give rise to the condition condi-tion known as biliousness. Eother-gill Eother-gill explains this by claiming that the albumenoids undergo a sort of second digestion in -the liver. The 'experiments of Dr. Carl L. Jonsen show that the bile acida are produced pro-duced in the. stomach by the action of pepsin upon albuminous food. This discovery is of much interest and importance. It seems, then, that the liver is an excreting organ pure and simple; that the bile acids, formerly supposed to be manufactured manufact-ured by the liver, are manufactured in the above-mentioned way. absorbed absorb-ed into the blood, and separated therefrom by the liver. It is very plain that excess of albuminous foods may overload the liver with bile elements. The kidneys must come to the rescue when the liver fails to excrete these elements. That there should be pathological V relations then between the liver and B W Id 18 strwiSe- Medical |