DECOMPENSATED PORTAL CIRRHOSIS

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CLINICAL FEATURES OF THE ASCITIC STAGE OF CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER By Dr. Snell The association of ascites with lesions of the liver seems to have been known since the earliest times and was apparently recognized by Vesalius, Harvey, and Morgagni.1One of the first known descriptive drawings of cirrhosis was by John Brown2who, in 1685, described a case under the title "A Human Liver Appearing Glandulous to the Eye" (fig. 1). Matthew Baillie3gave a good gross description in "Morbid Anatomy," and also noted the frequency of dilated superficial venous channels in the presence of dropsy. Legg4called attention to a description of cirrhosis published by John Andree,5in 1788, who wrote as follows: "Another kind of indurated and diminished liver which I have also met with, is that in which its surface is raised in half-rounded eminences, appearing like granulations, covered with

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