Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 April 1870 — The Responsibilities of the Liver. [ARTICLE]

The Responsibilities of the Liver.

The liver has t* tery important part to perform in the animal economy. Its function is two-fold The fluid whlchiksecft teg tempera the blood and regulates the bowels, and upon the quantity and qualty of the secretion depends, in a great degree, the adaptation of the blood to the requirements of the system and the due removal of the refuse matter which remains in the intestines after the work of digestion has been accomplished. One of the principal uses of Hoetettm's Stomach Bitters is to tone and control this somewhat unruly organ. The anti-bilious properties of the preparation are scarcely secondary to its virtues as Ji Stomachic. Its operation upon the liver is not violent like that of mercury, but gradual and gentle Instead of creating a sudden tumult in that sensitive gland, it regulates its action by degrees. Hence, it is a safe remedy for bilious disorders,while mercury, being a tremendous excitant, is not. The more naturally and qfiietly a diseased organ can be rostered to its normal condition the better, and it is the peculiar property of this harmless vegetable alterative to reinforce and regulate witb< ur. exciting or convulsing. The success which has attended its use ana remedy tor affections*of lhe liver is proverbial. Persons of a bilious habit who take it habitually as a protection against attacks to which they are constitutionally liable, pronounce it the best liver tonic in existence The symptoms of an approaching fit of biliournera can hardly be mistaken. A pain ta the right aide or under the shoulder blades, a saffron tinge in the whites of the eyes, sick headache, feeling of drowsiness, low spirits, loss of appetite, constipation and general debility are among the usual indications of a morbid condition of the liver, and assoon as they appear the Blttera should be resorted to in order to ward off more serious