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The history of hepatology is much more than the “history of one organ”. Many events in the history of man have been influenced by the liver. In the second and first millenia B.C. the Babylonians and Assyrians attached great importance to “inspecting a liver” before important decisions were taken (Fig. 1). Hardly any Greek or Roman statesman or general was not influenced in his actions by the outcome of a liver inspection. The animals slaughtered for the purpose were mostly bulls and sheep. Priests inspected the livers and judged from their different characteristics what decisions ought to be made and whether good fortune was to be expected (Fig. 2).
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Franken, F.H. (1983). History of Hepatology. In: Csomós, G., Thaler, H. (eds) Clinical Hepatology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68748-8_1
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