l, to nicely and skillfully
adjust remedies to meet the depraved conditions, is by no means an easy
task, even for the educated and experienced physician. It should be
borne in mind that this is a dangerous malady, and one which should not
be trifled with or neglected. Its tendency is to corrode and destroy the
bowels, a process which if unchecked, must sooner or latter result in
death. There is little tendency to spontaneous recovery, nor is a
removal of the exciting cause often followed by recovery. The disease
becomes so firmly seated, and the powers of life so debilitated, that
nature cannot rally.

TREATMENT. A warm, salt bath, several times a week, taken at bed-time,
is beneficial. Flannel should be worn next to the skin, and the
sleeping-room should be warm and well ventilated.

As will be seen from testimonials hereinafter inserted, Dr. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery has achieved great success in curing chronic
diarrhea. Its use should be persisted in for a considerable time to
strengthen and tone up the bowels. To relieve the discharges, take Dr.
Pierce's Compound Extract of Smart Weed, as needed from time to time.

CHRONIC INFLAMMATION OF THE LIVER.

(CHRONIC HEPATITIS.)

This is what is ordinarily termed _liver complaint, torpid liver, and
bilious disorder_.

Under this head may be considered all those chronic affections known as
congestion, induration, and enlargement of the liver, and which result
in deficient action, functional derangement, morbid secretion of bile,
and various chronic affections.

SYMPTOMS. Owing to the liability of other organs to become diseased
during the progress of chronic affections of the liver, great precision
in diagnosis is required to determine, by the symptoms, the organ which
is _primarily_ diseased and those secondarily affected. This requires
not only familiarity with the signs of a complicated disease, but also
thorough anatomical knowledge of the diseased organ, of the morbid
changes which occur in its structure, and their influence on its own
functions, as well as on those of other organs.

The symptoms may differ according to the circumstances, temperament,
sex, age, or constitution of the individual, and the complications of
the disease. The local indications are fullness of the right side, thus
denoting congestion of the liver; a dull, heavy pain, which is increased
by pressure or by lying on the left side; a sense of fullness, weight,
and oppression