Dissertatio medica inauguralis de ictero

The dissertation offers a concise clinical account of jaundice, beginning with classical observations and then detailing characteristic signs—yellowing of skin and eyes, clay-colored stools, intestinal torpor, vomiting, thirst, hiccups, weakness, and reddish urine. It analyzes proximate causes such as biliary obstruction by stones or tumours, bile stasis in the duodenum, and rare spasmodic constriction, distinguishing outcomes according to obstruction site. The author weighs competing medical opinions, considers psychological and intestinal contributors, outlines complications including inflammation, fever, and ascites, and proceeds to discuss methods for removing the obstruction and treating the disease.