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Show 1/:4T\1(1 1 :4T 4T 1(1 11 kIttti1:4T1(1 / : , ! , $ \ ( 1:4T1(1Released kIttti ) ( Released by Western Ne We vsp per Union ) NEW TEST FOR rOR LIVERWhen LIVERWhen LIVER LIVERWhen When we think of the work done doneby doneby doneby by the liver most of us are I1kely likely I1kelyto likelyto likelyto to think thmk of the manufacture of bile bileThe bileThe bileThe The statement that l life e ( and health healthdepends ) depends upon the theliver theliver " liver has behind behmd It Itthe itthe itthe the thought of the thevalue thevalue thevalue value of bile ID in IDbreakmg ine inbreaking inbreaking e breakmg breaking up fats 10 in 10keeping inkeeping inkeeping keeping the hver I1ver liver It Itse itd itire ite se ire * f active and andhealthy andw andhealthy andhealthyand w d healthy healthyand - -and and - in the theprevention theI theprevention theprevention prevention of con constipatlon conx98 constipation constipationThe I x98 stipatlon stipation stipatlonThe stipationThe The fact also that thatthe thatthe thatthe the hver I1ver liver can store storesugar storeJ storesugar storeI k storek J sugar and protems- protems proteins- proteins protemsDr proteinsDr proteins proteinsDr - Dr Bartonmeat Barton meat eggs fishproductsfor fishproductsfor fish fishproducts products-for products for products - for future futureuse futureuse futureuse use may also be m mind mmd as we thmk think thmkabout thmkabout thinkabout about the liver I1ver and its workHowever workHowever work workHowever However one of the most Impor Important important Important tant jobs lobs done by the liver ] is S the thefiltermg thefiltering thefiltering filtermg filtering out from the blood sub substances substances substances stances that would be harmful to the thebody thebody thebody body allowing allowmg only helpful products productsof of the food to remain remam in 10 the bloodThe bloodThe blood bloodThe The testmg of the abil abll ty of the theI1ver theliver theliver I1ver liver to filter out or remove sub substances substances substances stances from the blood has been beendone beendone beendone done for a number numbcr of years by m in mject inject inject ject ng a dye into mto the veins vems or tak ng ngthe ngthe ngthe the dye by mouth and finding findmg how howlong howlong howlong long it takes the liver hver to remove removeall removeall removeall all th s dye from the blood Ever Eversmce Eversince Eversince smce since the dye method has been used usedthere usedthere , there has been a controversy as to towhether towhether I Iwhether whether dye taken by mouth or dye dyeinfected dyeinjected , mJected infected into mto the vems veins is 15 the more moreaccurate moreaccurate moreaccurate accurate method methodIt It 11 is grat gratifying ymg to kno v that a anew anew anew new test for liver function ( ab 1 I ty tyis ) IS reported from Cuba by Drs A ACastellanos ACastellanos ACastellanos Castellanos and J Beato Nunez NunezHavana NunezHavana NunezHavana Havana m the Bulletin Bulletm of the Cu Cuban Cuban Cuban ban Society of PedlatncsThe PediatricsThe Pediatrics Pedlatncs PediatricsThe The patient takes tahes fru ts is or tru fru feu t tJU tfu tju JU fu ces instead mstead of breakfast A small smallquant smallquant smallquant quant ty of blood ] is 1s S withdrawn wthdrawn ] Then Thenan Thenan Thenan an injection mJection infection of collo cobo dal carotene IS ISmJected isinfected isinjected mJected infected into mto the veins vems the amount amount1DJected amountinfected amountinjected 1DJected infected depending dependmg on the we ght ghtof ghtof ghtof of the individual mdvldual ] Five Fve ] m nutes lat later later later er blood is again agam withdrawn The Theamount Theamount Theamount amount of total caroteno earoteno ds in the theblood theblood theblood blood ] is S separately determined determmed in m the thetwo thetwo thetwo two different dfIerent ] blood specimen ' . If Ifthe Ifthe Ifthe the specimen of blood withdrawn five fivemmutes fiveminutes fiveminutes mmutes minutes after the carotene ] is S taken takenis IS the same as the blood Wlthdrawn withdrawn Wlthdrawnbefore withdrawnbefore withdrawnbefore before the carotene was taken It Itshows itshows itshows shows that the liver I1ver is normal domg doing domgts doingits doingits its ] ts work properly Any increase lllcrease of o1 ofthe o1the ofthe the carotene m In the blood five m n nutes nutes nutes utes after the injection mJection infection into the vems veins vemsof veinsof vemsof of the carotene shows that the I1ver liver I1verIS liveris hveris IS not do ng its work properlyThese properlyThese properly properlyThese These physicians physlcans ] found that thIS thiss s mple test ] is 1s S as reliable rehable and better betterthan betterthan betterthan than the classic classc ] tests now m in muse use |