CHAPTER XIII. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS. (Part 3)

Glands, ductless, diseases of the ( see Diseases of the ductless glands ) Goiter, exophthalmic (see Diseases of the ductless glands) Gout (see Constitutional diseases) H Heart, vah^ilar disease of the (see Diseases of the vascular sys- tem) Hematemesis (see Diseases of the stomach) Hemorrhage (see Diseases of the pancreas and peritoneum) Hodgkin's disease (see Diseases of the blood — Pseudoleukemia) Hydronephrosis (see Diseases of the kidneys and bladder) Hyperchlorhydria (see Diseases of the stomach) Icterus (see Diseases of the liver) Infectious diseases, 216 Amebic dysentery, 231 acute, 231 amebi coli in stools, 231 chronic, 231 fever, 231 indigestion, 231 liver abscess, 231 onset sudden, 231 Infectious diseases — cont'd palpation, 231 perforation, 231 peritonitis, 231 symptoms, 232 Treatment, 232 diet, 232 enemata, 232 intestinal antiseptics, 232 local treatment, 232 rest, 232 Bacillary dysentery, 227 bacilli dvsenterise, 228 bloody flux, 228 causes, 227 epidemic, 227 Flexner-Harris bacilli, 228 liver abscess, 228 onset sudden, 227 paralysis, 228 paraplegia, 228 Shiga bacilli, 228 symptoms, 227 tenesmus, 228 Treatment, 229 diet, 229 local applications, 230 medicinal, 229 prescriptions, 229, 230 rectal irrigation, 230 rest, 229 serum therapy, 230 Diphtheria, 251 bacterial examination of throat, 252 carbonic acid poisoning, 251 children most susceptible, 251 diphtheria carriers, 251 diphtheritic croup, 251 direct contagion, 251 discharge from nose, 252 enlargement of lymph glands, 252, 253 indirect contagion, 251 Klebs-Loeffler bacilli, 252 membrane, 252, 253 milk a cause, 251 otitis media, 251 sore throat, 252 streptococci, 251 symptoms, 251 temperature, 252 INDEX. 295 Infectious diseases — cont'd tonsils, 252 toxemia, 252 Treatment, 253 antitoxin, 254 bowels, 254 diet, 254 hygienic, 253 intubation, 254 laryngeal croup, 254 local treatment, 253 rest, 254 specific treatment, 254 stimulants, 254 toxin, 254 tracheotomy, 254 ventilation, 253 Malaria, 243 bilious fever, 245 chronic malaria, 247 differentiating typhoid and re- mittent fever, 246 examination of blood, 245, 246 fever and ague, 244 herpes labialis, 245 intermittent fever, 244 mosquito as cause, 243 number of types, 243 pernicious malaria, 246 protection from mosquito, 243 pyemia, 245 remittent fever, 245 symptoms of chronic malaria, 247 symptoms of intermittent fe- ver, 244 symptoms of pernicious ma- laria, 246 symptoms of remittent fever, 245 tuberculosis of lungs, 245 Treatment, 248 Blaud's pills, 250 Fowler's solution, 250 masking solution of qui- nin, 249 mixed treatment, 248 prescriptions, 248-250 protection from mosquito, 248 Measles, 233 cough, 233 Infectious diseases — cont'd desquamation, 234 differentiation of measles and small-pox, 234 eruption, 233 fever, 233 hemorrhage, 234 Koplik's spots, 234 lobular pneumonia, 234 mastoid abscess, 234 onset with coryza, 233 otitis media, 234 period of incubation, 233 Treatment, 235 cathartics, 235 convalescence, 235 cough, 235 diet, 235 eruption, 235 fever, 235 prescriptions, 235, 236 rest, 235 Eheumatic fever (inflammatory rheumatism), 255 acute infectious disease, 255 acute osteomyelitis, 256 anemia, 255 arthritis, 256 arthritis deformans, 256 causes, 255 cerebral rheumatism, 257 differentiating inflammatory rheumatism and tonsillitis, 255 examination of urine, 256 fatality, 257 fever, 256 gonorrheal arthritis, 256 joint changes, 256 joints, 255 Kernig's sign, 256 micro-organisms as cause, 255 onset sudden, 255 pulse, 255 rheumatism simulating men- ingitis, 256 sweat, 255 Treatment, 257 clothing, 257 convalescence, 25? diet, 257 hyperpyrexia, 257 296 IKDEX. Infectious diseases — cont'd prescriptions, 258, 259 rest, 257 Scarlet fever (scarlatina)^ 236 angina, 236 differentiating scarlatina and measles, 237 enlargement of lymph glands, 237 examination of urine, 238 eruption, 237 inflammatory rheumatism, 238 milk as cause, 236 onset sudden, 237 otitis media, 238 polyarthritis, 238 symptoms, 237 temperature, 237 tongue indications, 237 Treatment, 239 cardiac failure^ 241 care of mouth, 239 clothing, 239 convalescence, 243 delayed eruption, 242 delirium, 241 examination of urine, 242 fever, 240 hydrotherapy, 240 Lceffler's solution, 240 nephritis, 242 prescriptions, 239-243 prophylaxis, 239 stimulants, 241 twitching, 241 ventilation, 239 Typhoid (enteric fever) , 216 common in adults, 216 enlargement of spleen, 218 fatality, 220 fever, 217 intestinal hemorrhage, 217 mistaken for appendicitis, 217 onset sudden in children, 216 onset usually gradual, 216 pea-soup stools, 218 pulse, 218 rose spots, 217 signs of perforation, 219 signs of peritonitis, 219 simulating malaria, 218 surgery, 219 Infectious diseases — cont'd sweating, 218 symptoms, 216 Widal test, 218 Treatment, 220 baths, 222 bed sores, 225 bowels, 223 care of mouth, 225 cold packs, 222 convalescence, 227 diarrhea, 225 diet, 220 diet of McCrea, 220 diet of Osier, 220 diet of Shattuck, 220 hemorrhage, 226 hydrotherapy, 221 intestinal antiseptics, 223 liquids, 221 medicinal antipyretics, 223 meteorism, 226 perforation, 227 prescriptions, 224-226 surgery, 227 tonics, 227 Inflammatory rheumatism (see In- fectious diseases — Rheu- matic fever) Interstitial nephritis, chronic (see Diseases of the kidneys and bladder) pneumonia, chronic (see Diseases of the lungs and pleurae) Intestines, diseases of the ( see Dis- eases of the intestines) J Jaundice (see Diseases of the liver- — Icterus ) K Kidney, movable (see Diseases of the kidneys and bladder ) Kidneys, diseases of the (see Dis- eases of the kidneys and bladder ) Lsennec's cirrhosis (see Diseases of the liver — Portal cirrhosis) INDEX. 297 Liver, abscess of the (see Diseases of the liver) cancer of the (see Diseases of the liver) diseases of the (see Diseases of the liver) Leukemia (see Diseases of the blood) Lobar pneumonia (see Diseases of the lungs and pleurae ) Lobular pneumonia (see Diseases of the lungs and pleurse — Broncho-pneumonia ) Lungs, diseases of the (see Dis- eases of the lungs and pleurse) edema of the (see Diseases of the lungs and pleurse) M Malaria (see Infectious diseases) Malignant endocarditis (see Dis- eases of the vascular sys- tem) Measles (see Infectious diseases) Movable kidney (see Diseases of the kidneys and bladder) Mucous colitis (see Diseases of the intestines ) Myxedema (see Diseases of the ductless glands) N Nephritis, acute (see Diseases of the kidneys and bladder) chronic interstitial (see Diseases of the kidneys and bladder) chronic parenchymatous (see Diseases of the kidneys and bladder ) Nephrolithiasis ( see Diseases of the kidneys and bladder) Obstruction of the bowel (see Dis- eases of the intestines) Palpitation ( see Diseases of the vascular system) Pancreas, carcinoma of the (see Diseases of the pancreas and peritoneum ) diseases of the (see Diseases of the pancreas and perito- neum) Pancreatic cysts (see Diseases of the pancreas and perito- neum) Pancreatitis, acute (see Diseases of the pancreas and perito- neum) chronic ( see Diseases of the pan- creas and peritoneum) Parenchymatous nephritis, chronic (see Diseases of the kidneys and bladder ) Patient, physician and (see Gen- eral considerations) Pectoris, angina (see Diseases of the vascular system) Pericarditis (see Diseases of the vascular system) Peritoneum, diseases of the (see Diseases of the pancreas and peritoneum ) Peritonitis, acute (see Diseases of the pancreas and. perito- neum) Pernicious anemia (see Diseases of the blood) Physician and patient (see Gen- eral considerations) Portal cirrhosis (see Diseases of the liver) Pleurse, diseases of the (see Dis- eases of the lungs and pleurse ) Pleurisy, acute (see Diseases of the lungs and pleurse) Pneumonia, chronic interstitial (see Diseases of the lungs and pleurse) lobar (see Diseases of the lungs and pleurse) lobular (see Diseases of the lungs and pleurse — Broncho- pneumonia ) Pseudoleukemia (see Diseases of the blood) 298 INDEX. Pulmonary gangrene (see Diseases of the lungs and pleurae) tuberculosis (see Diseases of the lungs and pleurae) Purpura (see Diseases of the blood) Pyelitis (see Diseases of the kid- neys and bladder) R Rheumatic fever (see Infectious diseases ) Rheumatism, incflammatory (see Infectious diseases — Rheu- matic fever) S Scarlatina (see Infectious diseases — Scarlet fever) Scarlet fever (see Infectious dis- eases ) Stomach, diseases of the (see Dis- eases of the stomach) Suppurative cholangeitis (see Dis- eases of the gallbladder) System, vascular, diseases of the ( see Diseases of the vascular Bystem ) Tuberculosis, pulmonary (see Dis- eases of the lungs and pleurae ) Typhoid (see Infectious diseases) U Ulcer, gastric (see Diseases of the stomach ) Uremia (see Diseases of the kid- neys and bladder) Valvular diseases of the heart (see Diseases of the vascular sys- tem) Vascular system, diseases of the (see Diseases of the vascu- lar system) Visceroptosis (see Diseases of the intestines ) Yellow atrophy, acute (see Dis- eases of the liver)