PHYSCONIA.

Swelling of the Belly.

Physconia, Sauv. gen. 283. Vog. 325. Sag. gen. 110. Hypofatca, Lin. 218.

This disease may arise from a variety of causes, as from a swelling of the liver, spleen, kidneys, uterus, omentum, ovarium, mefentery, intestines, &c. and sometimes it arises merely from fat. In the former cases, as the viscera are generally scirrhouss and indurated, the distemper is for the most part incurable; neither is the prospect much better where the disease is occasioned by a great quantity of fat.