Show Daily Health Service Jaundice Results When Bile Buds Biles Is Not Properly Eli Eliminated By DR rr NORRIS MORRIS FISHBEIN I Editor Journal of or the American J Medical Association and of the Health Magazine Jaundice merely refers to the yel yel- low ow color of the skin and tho the other tissues of the body due to abnormal content in the blood of at material derived derived derived de de- de- de rived from bile Bile is the material which is found in the gallbladder but which is developed in the liver The liver is the largest or organ an in m the body In the liver the down broken material ma- ma from red blood cells is converted converted con con- and sent to the gallbladder through the bile channels s. s When the bile is not properly eliminated the person develops a sallow complexion with slight yellowness of the whites whiles of ot the eyes the undersurface of or theton the ton tongue e and occasionally of ot the palms of the hands and the soles of or the feet In some cases the entire body may be quite yellow Jaundice may therefore result rom from nn an excessive formation of the bile material from damage to the thc liver so that the liver cells do not pour out the bile but let it get back into the blood and finally from obstruction ion tion to the excretion of bile through the bile tract In case ease of or obstruction due to stones in n the thc gallbladder or to other conditions condi condit ions which block the bile passages the method of or treatment Is obvIously an attempt to unblock the passages by surgical or by other means In certain infectious diseases the amount amoun of bile formed may be so excessive as to throw undue burden on the liver and bile passages The toxic type of at case in which there has been damage to the liver demands demands- the most careful study as aso asto asto to o the thc cause of the damage and to the elimination of such cases if the tho condition is to be cured The cause may be an infection it may be the result of ot poisoning with various metallic poisonings or with the byproducts byproducts by by- products of bile formation In any instance the toxic substances must be eliminated For instance in j jaundice due to intoxication by arsenic arsenic ar art ar- ar it ilis is customary first to stop the administration of the arsenic and second to give a preparation which counteracts the arsenic In case o of infection treatment must be di die di reeled toward building the body's resistance resistance re re- re to the infection When the infection is overcome the jaundice disappears 4 I Points for Parents Edyth i Thomas Wallace 4 I i z-ic z This no u T no T. T n c Little Sister Im glad th the carpenter carpen carpen- ter didn't paint our doll house Will the curtains bo be ready to put up by the time limo the paint Is dry Not This I IJ Mother I dont don't see why you ou don dont play with your doll house I spen spent days getting it ready and had such a good time limo fixing it it Daughter not mother should have hav the c fun of fixing the doll house |