The Relation of Liver to Other Diseases with Special Reference to Gastro-Intestinal Disorders and Their Treatment with Intravenous Calcium

Theiie is no other organ in the body which possesses so many functions as the liver. It is only recently we have begun to understand more about the functions of this important organ and even at the present stage of our knowledge we know very little. In the Unani and Ayurvedic systems of medicine the liver is believed to play a very important part in the aetiology of various diseases. It is not an uncommon experience to find the liver being blamed by physicians of indigenous systems for almost any ailment that a human being is liable to suffer from. The Hakims have believed for centuries that the liver