THE LIVER’S WORK,

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2443, 6 March 1909, Page 9 (Supplement)

THE LIVER’S WORK,

By fr ßegulator.”

The liver may be described as an exceedingly complicated chemical laboratory. Tbe 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, and 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, aud it is the presence of these biliary poisons in the blood which causes us to suffer from indigestion, biliousness, sick headache, general debility, anaemia and jaundice. If the liver properly performs its functions, the blood distributed is pure, and nourishes the nerves, instead of being laden withpoisons which irritate the whole nervous system, and give rise to the die-, orders named. A wonderful remedy in cases of disease or inactivity of the liver is found in Warner’s Safe Cure, which for fchirtv years has its efficacy continuously, even when treatment by all other means had failed. Sufferers from a disordered liver should lose no time in availing themselves of the relief to he obtained from this valuable specific. In addition to the regular 5s and fe 9d bottles of Warner’s Safe Cure, a concentrated form of the medicino ie now issued at 2s tkKper bottle. Warner’s Safe Cure (Concentrated) i« not compounded with alcohol, and contains the same number of doses as the 5s bottle of Warner's Safe Cure. H. H. Warner and Co., Limited, Melbourne, Yic.