THE LIVER'S WORK.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXX, Issue 14977, 24 April 1909, Page 4

THE LIVER'S WORK.

(By "REGULATOR.") The liver may be described as an exceedingly complicated chemical laboratory. The blood which enters the liver through the portal vein is loaded with the products of the digestion of food. These products the liver deals with in such a manner that the composition of the blood when it leaves the liver is very much changed, a sort of secondary digestion having taken place in the liver. Bile has been manufactured out of the blood; uric acid, which is practically insoluble, has been converted into urea, which is completely soluble. A substance called glycogen has been made from the sugar in the blood and stored in the liver for future use,. and various other transformations have taken place. The liver also removes from the blood red corpuscles which are worn out and are of no further utility.

The liver makes and extracts from the blood two or three pounds of bile every day. The bile is delivered into the intestines, and acts as a natural cathartic, besides assisting in the digestion of fatty food and retarding the decomposition of such food as it passes along the intestines. The glycogen formed is retained in the liver, and is again converted into sugar, which is supplied to the blood gradually, .ind in such quantity as may be necessary for the blood's enrichment.

Now, if the liver fails to do its work thoroughly, it follows that the blood, instead of having its substance dealt with and cleansed in the manner described, is carried by the veins to every part of the body in a condition which is inimical to the welfare of the body. In other words, the blood is laden with biliary poisons, and it is the presence of these biliary poisons in the blood which causes us to suffer from indigestion, biliousness, sick headache, general debility, ancemia and jaundice. If the liver properly performs its functions, the blood distributed is pure, and nourishes the nerves, instead of being laden with poisons which irritate the whole nervous system and give rise to the disorders named.

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