ASSOCIATED with many of the diseases of the liver there is a profound alteration of the elastic structures of the organ. In some conditions there tends to be a very extensive and almost special destruction of elastic tissue, while in ochers it seems to be highly resistant. It is Mr. Kichard Muir is responsible for the illustrations, and to him I Inust express my wannest thanks. [
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