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(Clinical Gastroenterology.) Edited by Arun J. Sanyal and Vijay H. Shah. 515 pp., illustrated. Totowa, N.J., Humana Press, 2005. $165. ISBN 1-58829-386-6.

Drawings in the Lascaux Cave in France show that the liver was known to be a vascular organ more than 30,000 years ago, during Paleolithic times. Ancient Egyptians observed migratory birds and envisioned that the liver was a source of energy, leading them to overfeed captive geese and eat their fatty livers. At around the same time, Egyptians also tasted a new beverage — beer — and linked it to the development of ascites. The ancient Greeks made the connection between jaundice and bleeding in the digestive tract. All of these events suggest that portal hypertension has been known for . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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