CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION
Jaundice as a clinical sign has been recorded for over 2300 years, and quite logically anything written about it, in a purely clinical sense, is often mostly repetitious. However, the jaundiced patient is frequently ill, uncomfortable, unsightly and unable to work; thus it is worthwhile to review this problem from time to time. There has been a progressive unraveling of the many facets of the jaundice problem in the past 10 years which has been of great value to the practicing physician