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A system of practical medicine. By American authors. Vol. 1

Volume 1 — INDEX TO VOLUME I. (continued 2)

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Without paroxysms,

900

Diagnosis,

900

Pathognomonic features in,

900

From tetanus,

900

From diphtheria,

900

From pharyngeal anthrax,

900

From acute mania,

900

From epilepsy,

901

From hysteria,

901

From pseudo-hydrophobia,

901

Inoculation in doubtful cases,

902

Morbid anatomy,

902

Post-mortem appearance of body,

902

Changes in mucous membranes,

902

Bronchi and pharynx,

902

Lungs,

902

Heart and blood-vessels,

902

Gastro-intestinal tract,

902

Liver and spleen,

902

Kidneys,

902

Bladder,

902

Brain and spinal cord,

902

Pathognomonic changes in dogs,

903

Treatment,

903

Preventive,

903

Registration of dogs,

904

Modes of preventing diffusion,

904

Inoculation,

904

Pasteur's method,

905

Of bites,

905

Use of caustics,

905

Excision of cicatrix,

906

,

908

Futility of eliminating measures,

906

Hygienic,

906

Psychical, importance of,

906

Therapeutic,

907

Use of chloroform,

907

Chloral,

907

Pilocarpine,

907

Curare,

907

Morphia,

907

Atropia and daturia,

907

Vaccine virus,

907

Warm baths,

907

Faradization,

907

Inhalation of oxygen,

907

Importance of rest and quiet,

907

Intravenous injections,

908

Venesection,

908

Race, influence of, in causation of variola,

436

protection as a preventive of small-pox,

130

relation of, as causation of rubeola,

561

Rachialgia in cerebro-spinal meningitis,

808

Rash of variola, date of appearance of,

437

significance of,

437

variolous,

437

Raspberry excrescence in vaccinia,

461

Reaction in cholera,

734

treatment,

763

Reflex irritability in hydrophobia,

899

symptoms in diphtheria, treatment,

694

Registration of dogs for prevention of rabies,

904

Relapse, in relapsing fever,

381

Relapses, cause of, in typhoid fever,

309

duration of, in typhoid fever,

304

frequency of, in typhoid fever,

302

in cerebro-spinal meningitis,

820

of diphtheria, prognosis of,

694

in rubeola,

563

R

ELAPSING

F

EVER

,

369

Definition,

369

Synonyms,

369

History and geographical distribution,

369

Etiology,

370

Destitution and filth as causes,

370

Intemperance as a cause,

370

Starvation and over-crowding as a cause,

371

Age, relation of, to causation,

371

Sex, relation of, to causation,

371

Nationality, relation of, to causation,

371

Season, relation of, to causation,

371

Occupation, relation of, to causation,

372

Specific origin,

370

,

372

Contagious nature,

372

Transmission of contagion,

373

Area of contagious atmosphere,

373

Spirillum,

373

Mode of detecting,

373

Inoculation,

374

Incubation period,

376

General clinical description,

374

Invasion,

376

Special symptoms,

376

Odor,

378

Physiognomy,

376

Bronzing of face,

376

Eruptions,

377

Hepatic eruptions,

377

Sudamina,

377

Desquamation,

377

Primary paroxysms, duration,

378

Temperature,

378

at crisis,

378

peculiarities,

382

Relapse,

381

Duration,

381

Absence,

380

Frequency,

382

Later relapses,

381

Cases illustrating frequency of relapses,

394

Average duration of paroxysms,

381

Intermission, duration,

381

Pulse,

382

Relation of pulse to temperature,

382

Character of pulse during paroxysm,

383

Pulse at crisis,

382

During intermission,

383

Character of heart-sounds,

383

Convulsions,

384

Mental condition,

384

Headache,

383

Wakefulness,

384

Vertigo,

384

Delirium,

384

General tremor,

384

Muscular rigidity,

384

Muscular and joint pains,

385

Cause of muscular and joint pains,

385

Seat of muscular and joint pains,

385

Motor paralysis,

385

Debility,

386

Perversion of special senses,

386

Respiration,

386

Relation of respiration, temperature, and pulse,

386

Bronchitis and pneumonia,

387

Condition of urine,

387

Urine of paroxysm,

388

of intermission,

388

Thirst,

389

Anorexia,

389

Condition of tongue,

389

Nausea and vomiting,

390

Hæmatemesis,

390

Condition of bowels,

390

of abdomen,

390

Spleen, enlargement,

391

Liver, enlargement,

391

Jaundice, significance of,

391

Epistaxis,

393

Hemorrhages,

393

Convalescence,

393

Varieties,

395

Grave form,

395

Multiple or protracted form,

395

Abortive form,

395

Case illustrating subintrant form,

396

Complications,

396

Peculiarities of temperature,

397

Mental hebetude,

398

Local palsies,

398

Severe rheumatic pains,

399

Disorders of vision,

399

Ophthalmia,

399

Disorders of hearing,

400

Otorrhoea,

400

Swellings and effusions of joints,

400

Bed-sores,

400

Gangrene,

400

Abscesses,

400

Anæmia,

400

Oedema,

400

Sudden collapse and syncope,

401

Hemorrhages from mucous surfaces,

401

Pericarditis,

402

Heart-clot,

402

Thrombosis and embolism,

402

Laryngitis,

403

Bronchitis,

403

Splenic enlargement,

403

Rupture of spleen,

403

Parotitis,

404

Pleurisy,

404

Pneumonia,

404

Pulmonary gangrene,

404

Metastatic abscesses of lungs,

404

Pharyngitis and tonsillitis,

405

Hiccough,

405

Diarrhoea,

405

Dysentery,

406

stools,

406

Suppuration of mesenteric glands,

406

General and local peritonitis,

406

Emaciation,

407

Renal disorders,

408

Albuminuria,

407

Suppression of urine,

407

Incontinence of urine,

407

Hæmaturia,

409

Glycosuria,

410

Metastatic inflammation of kidneys,

410

Disorders of menstruation,

410

Pregnancy,

410

Sequelæ,

398

Local palsies,

398

Acute miliary tuberculosis,

404

Dyspepsia,

406

Anæmia,

400

Morbid anatomy,

410

Post-mortem appearance of body,

410

Changes in voluntary muscles,

410

Blood,

411

Granule-cells of blood,

412

Changes in pericardium,

411

Heat,

411

Gastro-intestinal canal,

412

Solitary and agminated glands,

413

Mesenteric glands,

413

Larynx and pharynx,

413

Pleura,

413

Lungs,

413

Brain and membranes,

413

Liver,

414

Bile-ducts and gall-bladder,

415

Spleen and capsule,

416

Pancreas,

417

Peritoneum,

417

Kidneys,

414

Bladder,

414

Lymphatic glands,

417

Marrow of bones,

417

Diagnosis,

418

Presence of spirillum as a means,

418

From typhus fever,

418

From typhoid fever,

419

Grave form of, from typhoid fever,

420

From bilious remittent fever,

420

Yellow fever,

420

Small-pox,

421

Acute gastro-hepatic catarrh,

421

Simple febricula,

421

Rheumatic fever,

421

Acute yellow atrophy of liver,

422

Parotitis,

422

Cerebral diseases,

422

Prognosis,

422

Symptoms indicating unfavorable,

424

Influence of variations of temperature,

424

Cerebral symptoms,

424

Character of eruption,

425

Hiccough upon,

425

Epistaxis,

425

Cough upon,

425

Heart complications on,

425

Hepatic enlargement upon,

425

Splenic enlargement upon,

425

Jaundice upon,

425

Albuminuria,

425

Mortality—bilious typhoid form,

422

Influence of type of disease,

423

Stage of disease,

423

Season,

423

Habits and previous health,

424

Sex,

424

Age,

424

Race,

424

Cause of death in,

426

Treatment—indications for treatment in regular cases,

426

Hyperpyrexia,

426

Cause of failure of antipyretics,

429

Insomnia,

429

Headache,

429

Nausea and vomiting,

430

Constipation,

430

Jaundice,

431

Muscular tremor,

432

soreness and pains,

432

At critical fall of temperature,

432

Renal complications,

432

Epistaxis,

432

Collapse,

433

Necessity of absolute rest in,

432

Résumé of treatment,

432

Diet,

430

Special remedies,

431

Use of antiperiodics,

428

Arsenic,

427

Atropia,

429

Bromide and chloral,

430

Blisters,

431

Chloroform,

431

Cold baths,

428

Digitalis and other antipyretics,

428

Hyposulphite of sodium,

428

Opium,

429

Quinia,

426

Salicylic acid and salicylates,

428

Simple febrifuges,

428

Stimulants,

430

Venesection,

431

R

EMITTENT

F

EVER

,

598

Definition,

598

Malarial nature,

598

Etiology,

598

,

599

Relation of, to intermittent fever,

599

Symptoms,

599

Prodromal stage,

599

Paroxysm,

599

Temperature,

599

Epistaxis,

602

State of tongue,

600

Stomach,

602

Bowels,

602

Urine,

602

Jaundice,

600

cause,

600

Nervous symptoms,

602

Physiognomy,

600

Pulse in,

602

Duration of,

602

Diagnosis,

600

From intermittent fever,

600

From typhoid fever,

600

From yellow fever,

600

Prognosis,

602

Mortality,

599

Morbid anatomy,

602

Changes in skin,

603

Liver,

602

Spleen,

602

Treatment,

603

Main indications,

603

Use of quinia,

603

Amount of quinia,

603

Causes of failure of quinia,

604

Adjuvants to quinia,

604

Use of depuratives,

604

Purgatives,

604

Opium,

604

Of hemorrhage,

605

Of tympanites,

605

Of vomiting,

605

Renal disease, complicating relapsing fever,

408

scarlet fever,

525

Residence, change of, in treatment of beriberi,

1042

Resolution, incomplete, in idiopathic parotitis, treatment,

625

of symptomatic parotitis, treatment,

628

of erysipelas,

633

of inflammation,

54

Respiration in cerebro-spinal meningitis,

814

characters of, in idiopathic parotitis,

623

in general peritonitis of puerperal fever,

1010

in mild scarlet fever,

504

in relapsing fever,

386

in septicæmia lymphatica,

1012

in typhoid fever,

276

in typhus fever,

352

in croup,

157

in disease,

156

kinds of,

156

significance of, in general diagnosis,

156

Respiratory diseases, relation of, to rubeola,

561

organs, lesions of, in typhus fever,

356

spread of diphtheria into,

671

tract, alterations of, in scarlet fever,

531

Rest, necessity of, in cholera,

760

in rabies and hydrophobia,

907

in relapsing fever,

432

in yellow fever,

654

Retention-cysts,

116

,

122

Retro-vaccine,

473

Re-vaccination, time of,

467

Rheumatic and cardiac inflammation in scarlet fever, treatment,

556

Rheumatism, complicating scarlet fever,

521

Rickets, hereditary nature,

128

Rigidity, muscular, in relapsing fever,

384

Rindfleisch's definition of diphtheritic inflammation,

686

R

ÖTHELN

,

582

Definition,

582

Synonyms,

582

History,

582

Etiology,

583

Age as a cause,

583

Sex as a cause,

583

Specific origin,

583

Nature of contagion,

583

Modes of transmission,

583

Period of greatest contagiousness,

583

Distinct nature,

584

Frequency of second attacks,

584

Relapses,

584

Symptoms,

585

Incubation period,

583

,

585

Duration of incubation period,

583

Prodromal stage,

585

Eruption,

585

Duration of eruption,

585

Characters of eruption,

586

Types of eruption,

586

Condition of mucous membranes,

586

Swelling of lymphatic glands,

586

Temperature,

587

Complications and sequelæ,

587

Diagnosis,

587

From measles,

587

From scarlet fever,

587

From symptomatic skin eruptions,

588

Prognosis of,

588

Treatment of,

588

R

UBEOLA

,

557

Definition,

557

Synonyms,

557

History,

557

Etiology,

557

Nature of contagion,

558

Relation of straw fungus,

558

Mode of entrance into body,

558

Modes of dissemination of contagion,

559

Inoculation,

559

Stage when most easily propagated,

560

Race, influence of,

561

Age, influence of,

561

Sex, influence of,

562

Climate as a cause,

560

Pregnancy and parturition as a cause,

561

Scrofula as a cause,

561

Diseases of respiratory organs as a cause,

561

Relation of, to acute diseases,

561

to chronic diseases,

561

to whooping cough,

561

Influence of nervous diseases upon susceptibility,

561

Frequency of epidemics,

560

in new-born,

562

second attacks,

563

Relapses in,

563

Symptoms,

563

Incubation stage,

563

Duration of incubation stage,

560

Prodromal stage,

564

Temperature,

564

Catarrhal symptoms,

564

Punctated appearance of palatal and faucial mucous membrane,

564

Convulsions,

565

Duration of,

565

Eruptive stage,

565

Temperature of,

566

Character and seat of eruption,

566

General symptoms,

567

Symptoms at decline,

567

Temperature at decline,

567

Duration of eruptive stage,

567

Varieties of,

568

Inflammatory or synochal,

568

Hemorrhagic (rubeola nigra),

569

Without eruption,

568

catarrh,

568

Deviations from ordinary course,

569

Peculiarities in seat of eruption,

569

in character of eruption,

569

Relapses of eruption,

570

Complications,

570

Causes,

570

Complicated with epistaxis,

570

Skin disorders,

570

Pemphigoid eruptions,

571

Ear diseases,

570

Eye diseases,

571

Faucial inflammation,

571

Laryngitis,

571

Bronchitis and capillary bronchitis,

571

Pneumonia,

571

Pulmonary oedema,

572

Acute miliary tuberculosis,

572

Heart-clot,

572

Intestinal catarrh,

572

Convulsions,

572

Diphtheria,

573

Sequelæ,

573

Followed by general miliary tuberculosis,

574

Chronic pulmonary tuberculosis,

573

Coryza,

574

Ophthalmia,

574

Otitis,

574

Intestinal catarrh,

574

Cutaneous diseases,

574

Bone and joint disease,

574

Nervous affections,

574

Granular meningitis,

574

Albuminuria,

574

Gangrenous affections,

574

Morbid anatomy,

575

Changes in skin,

575

Diagnosis,

575

Value of punctated appearance of palatal and faucial mucous membranes,

575

Salient points in diagnosis,

575

From rötheln,

576

Scarlet fever,

576

Variola,

576

Roseola and erythema,

577

Typhus,

577

Roseola syphilitica,

577

Prognosis,

577

Factors to be considered in making,

577

Influence of hygienic surroundings,

577

previous health,

578

complications,

578

Mortality,

578

Influence of stage of disease,

578

of age,

578

Treatment,

578

Preventive,

578

Isolation,

578

Hygienic,

579

Diet,

579

Uncomplicated cases,

579

Results,

579

Hyperpyrexia,

580

Retrocession of eruption,

580

Epistaxis,

580

Diarrhoea,

581

Nausea and vomiting,

581

Constipation,

581

Cough,

581

Eye complications,

581

Aural complications,

581

Bronchitis and pneumonia,

581

Convulsions,

581

Use of aconite,

580

Inunctions,

580

Quinia,

580

Stimulants,

580

S.

Salicylic acid, use of, in diphtheria,

707

in relapsing fever,

428

Saliva, propagation of rabies and hydrophobia by,

891

Salivary glands, lesions of, in typhoid fever,

268

Sanitary inspection of houses,

187

Sarcoma,

118

S

CARLET

F

EVER

,

486

History,

486

Etiology—Specific origin,

487

Germ theory,

488

Microbes,

488

Modes of cultivation of microbes,

488

Modes of entering the system,

490

Modes of communication,

490

Dissemination of, by milk,

491

Fixity of the poison,

491

Solid nature of the poison,

492

Duration of incubation,

492

,

493

Contagiousness,

494

Area of contagiousness,

494

Age, influence of, in causation,

500

Variations in type,

494

Surgical,

495

distinguished from septicæmic efflorescence,

497

effect of poison upon inflammation of wounds,

498

Obstetrical,

498

liability of parturient women to,

498

relation of, to puerperal septicæmia,

499

Immunity of infants,

500

Clinical facts regarding,

501

Relapses in,

501

Frequency of second attacks,

501

Sympathetic sore throat in,

502

albuminuria in,

502

Symptoms,

502

Ordinary form,

502

Premonitory,

502

Nervous system,

503

Vomiting in, significance,

503

Diarrhoea,

503

Condition of tongue,

504

of faucial and nasal membranes,

504

Respiratory,

504

Efflorescence,

504

Seat of greatest intensity of eruption,

504

Cause of absence of eruption,

505

Date of desquamation,

506

Temperature,

505

Digestive system,

505

Urine, characters,

505

Duration,

506

Malignant or grave form,

507

Digestive system,

507

Pulse,

507

Eruption,

507

Temperature,

507

Nervous symptoms,

507

Condition of fauces,

508

Of throat,

508

Nasal cavities,

508

Lymphatic glands,

508

Duration,

508

Irregular form,

508

Causes,

508

Absence of eruption,

508

Hemorrhagic form,

509

Anginose form,

510

Complications and sequelæ,

510

Complicated by severe nervous symptoms

510

Throat symptoms,

511

Adenitis,

511

Inflammation of neck,

511

Gangrene of neck,

512

Oedema of glottis,

512

Diphtheria,

514

course of diphtheria, complicating,

516

Croupous inflammation of fauces,

516

Coryza,

520

Otitis,

520

course of otitis, complicating,

520

results of otitis, complicating,

521

By rheumatism,

521

By cardiac inflammations,

522

By dilatation of heart,

523

By heart-clot,

523

By pleuritis,

523

By nephritis,

525

By glomerulo-nephritis,

527

By albuminuria,

525

By anasarca and oedema,

529

Order and date of appearance of anasarca,

529

By head symptoms due to uræmia,

530

Morbid anatomy,

530

Changes in the blood,

530

Respiratory tract,

531

Abdominal organs,

531

Post-mortem appearance of eruption,

532

Changes in the kidneys,

526

hyaline degeneration of kidneys,

527

intestinal nephritis,

528

parenchymatous nephritis,

526

Changes in the liver,

531

Diagnosis,

532

From measles,

532

From erythema,

533

From rötheln,

533

From diphtheria,

533

Prognosis,

533

Influence of complications upon,

533

,

535

type upon,

534

age upon,

534

Of grave cases,

535

Mortality,

534

Treatment,

536

Preventive,

536

Isolation in,

537

Inoculation as a prophylactic,

536

Belladonna as a prophylactic,

536

Sodium sulpho-carbolate as a prophylactic,

537

Listerine as a prophylactic,

537

Boric acid as a prophylactic,

537

Disinfection in,

201

,

538

Hygienic,

539

Therapeutic,

539

Mild cases,

540

Inunction in,

541

Hyperpyrexia,

541

by cold,

541

Mode of applying cold,

542

Antiseptic,

545

Complications and sequelæ,

545

Pharyngitis,

545

local,

546

Coryza,

546

local,

547

Otitis,

547

local,

549

paracentesis of tympanum,

548

Nephritis and albuminuria,

550

modes of producing diaphoresis,

551

local,

555

Convulsions,

556

Rheumatic and cardiac inflammation,

556

Pleuritis,

556

Convalescence,

544

Use of aconite and veratrum viride,

543

Alcohol,

544

Ammonium carbonate,

544

Carbolic acid,

545

Cathartics,

554

Diuretics,

555

Digitalis,

543

,

555

Ice,

542

Jaborandi and pilocarpine,

552

Sodium salicylate,

543

Quinia,

543

Scarlet fever, relation of, to idiopathic parotitis,

620

Scarlatina, disinfection in,

201

,

538

Schools, closure of, for prevention of disease,

203

Scrofula, relation of, to causation of rubeola,

561

relation to tuberculosis,

96

,

101

Scrofulosis, hereditary disposition to,

127

Scrofulous habit, peculiarities of tissue,

101

Scurvy, complicating typhus fever,

355

Season, influence of, on causation of anthrax,

931

,

940

of cerebro-spinal meningitis,

802

of diphtheria,

682

of typhoid fever,

245

of erysipelas,

630

of idiopathic parotitis,

620

of influenza,

860

of the plague,

775

of rabies and hydrophobia,

887

of relapsing fever,

371

of typhus fever,

343

of variola,

435

on cholera,

720

proper, for vaccination,

477

Seborrhoea, following erysipelas,

633

Second attack of rubeola, frequency of,

563

stage of pertussis,

840

Secondary form of diphtheria,

671

Segregation of lepers,

794

Self-infection, danger of, in treating diphtheria,

696

prevention of, in treating diphtheria,

696

Sensibility, altered, significance of, in general diagnosis,

161

modifications of, in typhoid fever,

279

Sepsin,

971

Septicæmia,

945

complicating erysipelas,

634

distinguished from pyæmia,

978

,

979

lymphatica of puerperal fever,

1011

venosa,

1012

Sequelæ of cerebro-spinal meningitis,

819

of cholera,

735

of erysipelas,

633

of grave form of the plague,

780

,

781

of influenza,

868

of relapsing fever,

396

of rötheln,

587

of rubeola,

573

treatment,

580

of scarlet fever,

510

of vaccinia,

464

of variola,

445

Serous inflammation,

47

inflammations complicating erysipelas,

634

Severe form of diphtheria, symptoms,

668

of influenza, treatment,

875

of typhus fever,

354

Sewerage,

213

Sewer- and soil-pipes, importance of position,

188

Sewer-gas,

189

diseases produced by,

190

symptoms due to,

189

Sewers, characters of efficient,

224

public,

224

ventilation of,

224

Sewer-traps, test as to their efficiency,

190

varieties,

191

Sex, influence of, on causation of cerebro-spinal meningitis,

802

of diphtheria,

680

of erysipelas,

630

of idiopathic parotitis,

620

of influenza,

860

of leprosy,

789

of pertussis,

839

of the plague,

775

of rabies and hydrophobia,

880

of relapsing fever,

371

of rötheln,

583

of variola,

436

typhoid fever,

243

relation of, to causation of rubeola,

563

Silver nitrate, use of, in typhoid fever,

332

Simon's triangles,

437

S

IMPLE

C

ONTINUED

F

EVER

,

231

Definition,

231

Synonyms,

231

History,

231

Etiology,

232

Symptoms,

233

Asthenic form,

233

Morbid anatomy,

235

Diagnosis,

234

From typhoid fever,

234

From typhus fever,

234

From relapsing fever,

235

From tubercular meningitis,

235

Prognosis,

235

Treatment,

236

Simple form of yellow fever, treatment,

649

Singultus in pyæmia,

975

in septicæmia,

977

significance of, in general diagnosis,

158

Skin, alterations in sensibility of, in cerebro-spinal meningitis,

808

anæsthesia of, in beriberi,

1039

appearance of, in typhoid fever,

273

character of lesions in erysipelas,

631

chronic diseases of, following rubeola,

574

color of, in cholera,

737

condition of, in cholera,

736

in influenza,

866

in septicæmia,

977

coolness of, in cerebro-spinal meningitis, treatment,

831

diseases of, complicating vaccination,

471

effects on course of erysipelas,

634

following vaccination,

471

disorders of, complicating rubeola,

570

eruptions of, complicating cholera,

735

in pyæmia,

974

erysipelas of, migration,

632

hyperæsthesia of, in typhus fever,

352

lesions of, in erysipelas,

635

course of,

631

in leprosy,

791

in remittent fever,

603

in rubeola,

575

morbid anatomy of lesions of, in variola,

446

odor of, in typhoid fever,

273

in typhus fever,

352

significance of color of, in general diagnosis,

159

swelling of, in erysipelas,

632

Skunk-bites as cause of rabies and hydrophobia,

889

Slaking lime, use of, in diphtheria,

703

Sleep, danger of prolonged, in nasal diphtheria,

712

Sleeplessness in idiopathic parotitis, treatment,

625

Small-pox,

434

black,

442

freedom of liability to, from race-protection,

130

Sodium benzoate, use of, in pertussis,

847

chloride, venous injection of, in cholera,

762

,

768

hyposulphite, use of, in relapsing fever,

428

salicylate, use of, in diphtheria,

707

in puerperal fever,

1032

in scarlet fever,

543

in typhoid fever,

330

sulpho-carbolate as a prophylactic in scarlet fever,

537

Softening, cerebral, from embolism,

65

mucous,

82

Soil, character of, as cause of disease,

187

composition of,

187

diminished dryness of, a cause of phthisis,

187

drainage of, for prevention of anthrax,

937

of disease,

226

examination,

188

filtering power,

187

humidity of, as a cause of cholera,

722

Soils, alkaline, relation of, to causation of anthrax,

930

Soil-pipes, importance of position of,

188

tests as to their efficiency,

190

ventilation of,

189

Solitary glands, lesions of, in typhoid fever,

261

Spasm of pharyngeal and respiratory muscles in hydrophobia,

899

Special senses, perversion of, in relapsing fever,

386

in typhus fever,

349

Specific origin of anthrax,

720

,

726

of cholera,

727

of glanders,

911

of rötheln,

583

of yellow fever,

640

Speech, impairment of, following cerebro-spinal meningitis,

820

Spinal cord, lesions of, in cerebro-spinal meningitis,

823

marrow, lesions of, in cholera,

746

rigidity in cerebro-spinal meningitis,

809

Spirillum,

142

of relapsing fever,

373

Spleen, condition of, in relapsing fever,

391

enlargement of, in pyæmia,

976

lesions of, in anthrax in animals,

935

in man,

942

in cholera,

746

in diphtheria,

687

in glanders,

922

in hydrophobia,

903

in pyæmia,

969

in relapsing fever,

416

in remittent fever,

602

in septicæmia,

972

in typhoid fever,

264

in typhus fever,

357

rupture of, in relapsing fever,

403

Spontaneous cow-pox,

456

origin of pyæmia,

959

of typhoid fever,

254

Stages of yellow fever,

645

Standards of purity of water,

184

Starvation and over-crowding as causes of relapsing fever,

370

Steam, use of, in diphtheria,

701

Sthenic inflammation,

46

Stimulants, use of, in diphtheria,

695

in relapsing fever,

431

in rubeola,

580

in variola,

453

Stomach, lesions of, in cholera,

743

state of, in remittent fever,

602

Stools, as a medium of disseminating typhoid fever,

249

character of, in cholera,

739

in pyæmia,

976

in typhoid fever,

287

in typho-malarial fever, necessity of disinfecting,

619

necessity of disinfection in prevention of typhoid fever,

321

significance of, in general diagnosis,

163

Strabismus in cerebro-spinal meningitis,

810

Straw-fungus, relation of, to rubeola,

558

Strychnia, use of, in diphtheritic paralysis,

713

in dry beriberi,

1043

Stupor in typhoid fever, treatment,

334

in typhus fever, treatment,

366

Subsoil-water, level of,

188

Sudamina in typhoid fever,

274

in typhus fever,

352

Sulphites and hyposulphites, use of, in pyæmia,

982

in septicæmia,

983

Sulphur, use of, in diphtheria,

709

Summer heats, relation of, to causation of rabies and hydrophobia,

887

Suppuration in idiopathic parotitis, treatment,

625

influence of minute organisms in production of,

144

Suppurative stage of variola,

439

Surgical scarlatina,

495

treatment of erysipelas,

638

Swelling of parotid glands in cerebro-spinal meningitis,

814

Swellings, significance of, in diagnosis,

159

Sweating stage of intermittent fever,

593

of intermittent fever, treatment,

597

Symptomatic parotitis,

625

Symptomatology, general,

148

Symptoms at decline of eruptive stage of rubeola,

567

constitutional, of vaccinia,

459

due to sewer-gas,

189

general, of idiopathic parotitis,

623

of anæsthetic form of leprosy,

791

of tubercular form of leprosy,

790

of confluent small-pox,

441

local, of anthrax,

935

,

940

of idiopathic parotitis,

621

anæsthetic form of leprosy,

790

of glanders,

914

,

915

,

921

of tubercular form of leprosy,

789

nervous, in mild scarlet fever,

503

in typhus fever,

348

special, in typhus fever,

347

of anthrax in animals,

934

in man,

940

angina,

941

intestinalis,

941

of malignant anthrax,

940

of beriberi,

1039

of cerebro-spinal meningitis,

806

of cholera,

731

of comatose form of pernicious malarial fever,

608

of dengue,

884

of diphtheria,

667

of endometritis and endocolpitis of puerperal fever,

1005

of erysipelas,

631

of glanders in horses,

914

in man,

920

of hydrophobia, in man,

898

of influenza,

865

of idiopathic parotitis,

621

of intermittent fever,

592

of gangrene foudroyante,

977

of general peritonitis of puerperal fever,

1010

of leprosy,

789

of malignant scarlet fever,

507

of para- and perimetritis in puerperal fever,

1005

of pertussis,

840

of the plague,

777

of puerperal fever,

1004

of pyæmia,

972

of rabies and hydrophobia in dogs,

895

of relapsing fever,

374

of remittent fever,

599

of rötheln,

585

of rubeola,

563

of scarlet fever,

502

of septicæmia,

976

lymphatica of puerperal fever,

1011

venosa of puerperal fever,

1012

of simple continued fever,

233

of symptomatic parotitis,

626

of typho-malarial fever,

615

of typhoid fever,

268

of typhus fever,

346

of vaccinia,

458

of varicella,

481

of variola,

436

of varioloid,

443

of yellow fever,

644

Synonyms of anthrax,

926

of cerebro-spinal meningitis,

795

of cholera,

715

of dengue,

879

of diphtheria,

656

of erysipelas,

629

of glanders,

909

of influenza,

851

of leprosy,

785

of the plague,

771

of rabies and hydrophobia,

886

of relapsing fever,

369

of rötheln,

582

of rubeola,

557

of simple continued fever,

231

of typhoid fever,

237

of typhus fever,

338

of vaccinia,

455

of vaccination,

465

of varicella,

481

of variola,

434

of yellow fever,

640

Syphilis, complicating vaccination,

469

modes of preventing,

470

treatment of,

471

constitutional, hereditary nature of,

127

T.

Tâches bleuâtres in typhoid fever,

275

in typhus fever,

352

Tarnier's maternity pavilions for prevention of puerperal fever,

1028

Taste, modifications of, in typhoid fever,

280

significance of modification, in general diagnosis,

162

Technics of vaccination,

472

Teeth, significance of condition, in diagnosis,

152

Temperature in anthrax in man,

940

at decline of eruptive stage of rubeola,

567

elevated, influence of, in origin and spread of cholera,

720

in cerebro-spinal meningitis,

815

in cholera,

736

in dengue,

881

in eruptive stage of rubeola,

565

in erysipelas,

633

in fevers,

38-40

in general peritonitis of puerperal fever,

1010

in idiopathic parotitis,

623

in influenza,

864

in malignant scarlet fever,

507

in mild scarlet fever,

505

in para- and perimetritis in puerperal fever,

1006

in prodromal stage of rubeola,

564

in pyæmia,

974

in relapsing fever,

378

,

382

in remittent fever,

599

in rötheln,

587

in septicæmia,

977

venosa of puerperal fever,

1012

in typhoid fever,

280

in typhus fever,

349

significance of, in general diagnosis,

158

respiration and pulse, relations of, in relapsing fever,

386

Tenderness, muscular, in beriberi,

1039

Teratoid tumors,

124

Test, peppermint, for defects in plumbing,

198

Tests as to efficiency of soil-pipes,

190

The plague,

771

Thermometer, use of, in typhoid fever,

284

Thirst in cerebro-spinal meningitis,

814

in rabies and hydrophobia,

899

in relapsing fever,

389

in typhoid fever,

285

in typhus fever,

350

treatment,

367

significance of, in general diagnosis,

162

treatment of, in cholera,

770

Throat symptoms, complicating scarlet fever,

511

Thoracic duct, obstruction of, as cause of dropsy,

69

Thrombi, action of, in production of metastatic abscesses in pyæmia,

965

calcification of,

60

,

89

in uterine pelvic veins,

989

growth of, in puerperal fever,

989

Thrombosis,

56

relation of, to causation of pyæmia,

957

and embolism,

56

causes,

57

symptoms,

66

in relapsing fever,

402

in typhoid fever, treatment,

335

T

HROMBUS

,

56

Calcification,

60

,

88

Characteristics,

59

Changes,

60

Composition,

56

Distinguished from thrombosis,

56

From compression,

58

From death of leucocytes,

57

From dilatation,

58

From marasmus,

59

From traumatism,

58

Mechanical effects,

62

Organization,

60

Softening,

61

Varieties,

57

,

58

Tongue, condition of, in cerebro-spinal meningitis,

813

in dengue,

881

in erysipelas,

633

in idiopathic parotitis,

622

in mild scarlet fever,

504

in typhus fever,

350

in yellow fever,

644

state of, in pyæmia,

975

in relapsing fever,

389

in remittent fever,

600

in septicæmia,

977

in typhoid fever,

285

signification of state of, in diagnosis,

152

Tracheal diphtheria, prognosis of,

692

Trachea, formation of diphtheritic membrane in,

671

Tracheotomy in diphtheria, prognosis of,

692

Transmission of cholera,

721

,

723

of variola,

435

Transudation,

68

causes,

69

mechanism,

68

Traps, ventilation,

221

Traumatic fever, relation of, to septicæmia,

961

fevers,

37

Treatment of anthrax in animals,

938

in man,

943

preventive, of anthrax,

936

,

943

of beriberi,

1042

of cerebro-spinal meningitis,

829

of cholera,

759

of dengue,

885

of diphtheria,

694

general, importance of, in diphtheria,

695

of erysipelas,

636

of idiopathic parotitis,

624

local, of idiopathic parotitis,

625

of intermittent fever,

594

of leprosy,

793

local, of leprosy,

794

of comatose form of pernicious malarial fever,

609

of glanders in horse,

918

in man,

924

preventive, in horse,

919

in man,

925

of influenza,

873

of pertussis,

844

of the plague,

782

of puerperal fever,

1028

of septicæmia,

983

of pyæmia,

979

of rabies and hydrophobia,

903

preventive,

903

of relapsing fever,

426-433

of remittent fever,

603

of rötheln,

587

of rubeola,

578

hygienic, of rubeola,

579

preventive, of rubeola,

578

of scarlet fever,

536

of septicæmia,

982

of simple continued fever,

236

of symptomatic parotitis,

627

local, of symptomatic parotitis,

628

of typhoid fever,

320

of typho-malarial fever,

618

of typhus fever,

361

of variola,

451

hygienic, of variola,

451

of variola, preventive,

451

of varioloid,

451

of yellow fever,

649

Treeak farook, use of, in wet beriberi,

1042

T

UBERCLE

,

94

Calcification,

96

Cheesy degeneration,

96

Fibrous transformation,

96

Histology,

95

Horn-like change,

96

Infectious origin,

97

Inoculability,

97

Miliary and gray, cause of infectious qualities,

99

Origin of, from absorption of cheesy products,

97

Tubercular form of leprosy,

789

T

UBERCULOSIS

,

94

Bacilli of,

99

,

100

et seq.

Dissemination,

103

Hereditary nature,

101

Primary seat,

104

Relation of, to pearly distemper,

99

to scrofula,

101

Tuberculosis, acute miliary, complicating rubeola,

572

chronic pulmonary, following rubeola,

573

general miliary, following relapsing fever,

404

following rubeola,

574

relation of, to pearly distemper,

99

to scrofula,

96

,

101

T

UMORS

,

105

Method of origin,

106

Cohnheim's theory of origin,

106

Influence of irritants in producing,

108

Growth,

109

concentric,

109

continuous,

109

eccentric,

109

influence of seat,

109

rapidity,

109

Primary,

110

,

111

Secondary,

110

,

112

Metastasis,

110

Multiple,

110

Recurrence,

110

Transplantation,

110

Embolic nature,

112

Changes occurring,

113

inflammatory,

113

Analogy of structure in primary and secondary,

113

Benignant,

114

Cachexia,

114

Malignant,

114

Resemblance of, to normal tissue of body,

115

Histoid,

116

Organoid,

116

Relation of, to each other,

117

Connective tissue,

118

,

122

Cystic,

115

,

116

,

121

Influence of age upon development,

119

Classification,

114

,

121

Infective group,

120

,

124

Epithelial group,

123

Congenital,

124

Turpentine inhalations in diphtheria,

704

stupes, use of, in puerperal fever,

1032

use of, in typhoid fever,

326

Tympanites in remittent fever, treatment,

605

in typhoid fever,

286

treatment of,

332

in typho-malarial fever, treatment,

619

in typhus fever,

350

Tympanum, paracentesis of, in scarlet fever,

548

Types of cerebro-spinal meningitis,

804

of intermittent fever,

594

of scarlet fever,

494

of varioloid,

444

T

YPHOID

F

EVER

,

237

Synonyms,

237

Definitions,

237

History,

238

Geographical distribution,

241

Etiology,

242

Predisposing causes,

242

Age, influence of,

242

Sex, influence of,

243

Occupation, influence of,

244

Change of residence, influence of,

244

Idiosyncrasy, influence of,

245

Depressing emotions, influence of,

245

Intemperance, influence of,

245

Previous ill-health, influence of,

245

Season, influence of,

245

Elevated temperature, influence of,

246

Rise and fall of subsoil-water, influence of,

247

Exciting causes,

248

Contagiousness,

248

Dissemination,

249

Cases illustrating modes of dissemination,

250

Dissemination of, by drinking-water,

248

By stools,

249

By milk,

252

By atmosphere,

252

By bed-linen, etc.,

253

By polluted soil,

253

By putrefied flesh,

257

Spontaneous origin,

254

Duration of virulence of germs,

256

Bacillus typhosus,

258

Incubation period,

259

Morbid anatomy,

260

Lesions peculiar to,

261

Changes in Peyer's patches,

261

Solitary glands,

261

Softening of Peyer's patches and solitary glands,

263

Cicatrization of Peyer's patches and solitary glands,

263

Changes in cæcum and colon,

263

Spleen,

264

Abdominal glands,

264

Lesions not peculiar to,

265

Changes in liver and gall-bladder,

265

Pharynx and oesophagus,

265

Larynx and lungs,

266

Brain and membranes,

266

Muscles,

267

Heart and blood-vessels,

267

Blood,

268

Salivary glands,

268

Kidneys,

268

Symptoms,

268

Clinical description,

268

Physiognomy,

272

Epistaxis,

273

Condition of skin,

273

Odor,

273

Eruption,

273

Sudamina,

274

Tâches bleuâtres,

275

Condition of hair and nails,

275

Pulse,

275

Heart-sounds,

276

Respiration,

276

Frequency of bronchitis,

277

Mental condition,

277

Headache,

277

Delirium,

278

Muscular spasm,

279

tremor,

279

Modifications of sensibility,

279

Hearing,

280

Vision,

280

Taste,

280

Temperature,

280

State of tongue,

285

Fauces,

286

Nausea and vomiting,

285

Anorexia,

285

Thirst,

285

Gurgling,

286

Meteorism or tympanites,

286

Diarrhoea,

287

Character of stools,

287

Intestinal hemorrhage,

287

frequency,

288

causes,

288

importance,

288

Intestinal perforation,

289

frequency,

290

causes,

290

date of appearance,

290

importance,

289

Condition of urine,

291

amount of solids,

291

presence of albumen,

292

Complications and sequelæ,

292

Complicated by pyæmia,

294

Laryngitis,

294

Bronchitis and pneumonia,

294

Pleurisy,

294

Jaundice,

295

Peritonitis,

295

Catarrhal and diphtheritic inflammation of fauces,

295

Parotid swelling,

296

Menstrual disorders,

296

Pregnancy,

296

Suppuration of Bartholini's glands,

296

Periostitis,

297

Oedema,

297

Bed-sores,

297

Followed by impaired intellect,

292

Perversion of the moral sense,

292

Paralysis and chorea,

293

Cardiac degeneration,

293

Arterial thrombosis,

293

Venous thrombosis,

294

Gangrene of vulva and vagina,

293

Hepatic abscess,

295

Tendency to stoutness,

298

Varieties of,

298

Abortive form,

298

Latent form,

300

In children,

301

In aged persons,

302

Relapses in,

302

frequency,

302

course,

303

cases illustrating,

304

causes,

308

Duration,

310

Diagnosis,

311

From typhus,

311

From influenza,

312

From relapsing fever,

312

From epidemic cerebro-spinal meningitis,

313

From simple continued fever,

313

From remittent fever,

312

From the eruptive fevers,

313

From acute tuberculosis,

313

From trichinosis,

314

From the specific inflammations,

314

From acute tubercular meningitis,

314

Prognosis,

314

Symptoms indicating unfavorable,

314

favorable,

316

Influence of hyperpyrexia upon,

314

Nervous symptoms,

315

Heart symptoms,

316

Condition of pulse,

316

Abdominal symptoms upon,

316

Mortality,

316

Tables showing,

317

,

318

Influence of season,

318

Sex,

319

Age,

319

Treatment,

319

Habits,

320

Social condition,

320

Recent residence,

320

Corpulence,

320

Organic disease,

320

Childhood,

320

Treatment,

320

Preventive,

321

Necessity of proper drainage in prevention,

321

Disinfection of stools,

321

Hygienic,

322

Importance of ventilation,

323

administering water,

325

Diet,

323

Mild cases,

326

Hyperpyrexia,

327

by cold baths,

327-329

Typho-malarial form,

331

Vomiting,

331

Diarrhoea,

331

Tympanites,

332

Intestinal hemorrhage,

332

perforation,

333

Constipation,

333

Headache,

334

Insomnia,

334

Stupor,

334

Delirium,

334

Albuminuria,

334

Complications,

335

Epistaxis,

335

Pneumonia,

335

Hypostatic congestion of lungs,

335

Thrombosis and embolism,

335

Bed-sores,

335

Convalescence,

335

Use of alcohol,

324

Digitalis,

330

Eucalyptus,

331

Quinia,

330

Silver nitrate,

332

Sodium salicylate,

330

Turpentine,

326

Specific,

336

By calomel,

336

By iodine,

336

,

337

Use of thermometer,

284

Typhoidal inflammation,

47

Typhoid state of cholera,

734

following variola,

445

T

YPHO

-M

ALARIAL

F

EVERS

,

614

Definition,

614

Frequency,

616

Symptoms,

615

Diagnosis,

616

Prognosis,

616

Mortality,

616

relative mortality of white and black races,

616

Treatment,

618

Of typhoidal element,

618

Of malarial element,

618

Use of quinia,

618

Depurative treatment,

618

Necessity of disinfection of stools,

619

Of tympanites,

619

Of insomnia,

619

Diet,

619

Typho-malarial form of typhoid fever, treatment,

331

T

YPHUS

F

EVER

,

338

Synonyms,

338

History,

338

Etiology—Predisposing causes,

341

Over-crowding as a cause,

341

Age, influence of,

342

Debility and fatigue, influence of,

342

Mental and physical overwork,

342

Intemperance,

342

Poverty,

342

Barometric and thermometric variations,

343

Season,

343

Occupation,

343

Individual susceptibility to,

343

Exciting causes,

343

Contagiousness,

343

Nature of contagion,

343

Modes of transmission of contagion,

344

Communication of, by fomites,

345

Period of contagiousness,

345

Spontaneous origin,

345

Period of incubation,

346

Symptoms—Clinical description,

346

Special symptoms,

347

Prostration,

348

Nervous symptoms,

348

Appearance of face,

348

Intellectual condition,

348

Headache,

348

Delirium,

348

Wakefulness,

349

Coma vigil,

349

Perversion of special senses,

349

Muscular tremor,

349

Temperature,

349

Condition of tongue,

350

Anorexia,

350

Thirst,

350

Nausea and vomiting,

350

Condition of bowels,

350

Tympanites,

350

Gurgling,

350

Eruption,

351

Duration of eruption,

351

Tâches bleuâtres,

352

Sudamina,

352

Hyperæsthesia of skin,

352

Odor,

352

Condition of pulse,

351

of heart,

351

Respiration,

352

Pneumonia,

353

,

355

Bronchitis,

353

,

355

Odor of breath,

353

Hypostatic congestion of lungs,

353

Changes in urine,

353

Varieties of,

353

Mild form,

354

Severe form,

354

Ataxic form,

354

Adynamic form,

354

Ataxo-adynamic form,

354

Inflammatory form,

354

Walking form,

354

Abortive form,

354

Complications and sequelæ,

354

Complicated by erysipelas,

355

Cardiac degeneration,

355

Bronchitis and pneumonia,

353

,

355

Pleurisy,

355

Albuminuria,

355

Bed-sores,

355

Scurvy,

355

Dysentery,

355

Jaundice,

356

Parotitis,

356

Serous inflammations,

356

Pyæmia,

356

Disorders of menstruation,

356

Miscarriage,

356

Followed by pulmonary gangrene and phthisis,

355

Morbid anatomy,

356

Alteration of blood,

356

Changes in respiratory organs,

356

Heart and membranes,

357

Liver and kidneys,

357

Spleen,

357

Intestinal tract,

357

Brain and membranes,

358

Diagnosis,

358

From typhoid fever,

358

From meningitis,

358

From measles,

358

From typhoid pneumonia,

359

From delirium tremens,

359

From purpura,

359

Prognosis of,

359

Symptoms indicating favorable,

360

unfavorable,

360

Influence of age,

359

Sex,

359

Former habits,

359

Convalescence from previous illness,

359

Obesity,

359

Mental and physical overwork,

360

Social condition,

360

Race,

360

Mortality,

360

Difference of, in hospital and private cases,

361

Treatment,

361

Preventive,

361

Necessity of isolation,

361

Disinfection,

362

Diet,

362

Quantity of nourishment necessary,

363

Futility of abortive treatment,

363

General treatment,

364

Mild cases,

364

Hyperpyrexia,

364

By cold water,

364

By cold baths,

364

Mode of using cold bath,

364

Prostration,

365

Headache,

366

Delirium,

366

Insomnia,

366

Stupor,

366

Urinary complications,

366

Thirst,

367

Vomiting,

367

Constipation,

367

Parotitis,

367

Pulmonary complications,

367

Use of alcohol in,

366

Opium in,

366

Quinia in,

365

Of convalescence,

368

Necessity of continuing stimulants during convalescence,

368

Tyrosis,

79

U.

Ulceration, complicating vaccination,

468

Ulcers, complicating cholera,

735

following the plague,

781

Umbilication in vaccinia, mechanism of,

464

in varicella,

482

in variola,

438

cause of,

447

Uræmia in scarlet fever,

530

Urinary complications in typhus fever, treatment,

366

Urine, analysis of, importance in general diagnosis,

165

condition of, in cerebro-spinal meningitis,

814

in cholera,

739

in dengue,

881

in influenza,

866

in mild scarlet fever,

506

in grave form of the plague,

779

in pertussis,

841

in pyæmia,

976

in relapsing fever,

387

in remittent fever,

602

in typhoid fever,

291

,

292

in yellow fever,

644

suppression of, complicating relapsing fever,

407

in cholera, treatment,

764

in yellow fever, treatment,

653

Urination, difficult, significance of, in diagnosis,

164

Urobilin,

91

Urticaria, complicating diphtheria,

674

Uterus, fixity of, in para- and perimetritis of puerperal fever,

1007

lesions of, in septicæmia,

972

V.

V

ACCINIA

,

455

Definition,

455

Synonyms,

455

History,

458

Etiology,

458

Nature,

455

Variolous origin,

457

Meteorological conditions as a cause,

458

Symptoms,

458

General course,

458

Constitutional,

459

Development of pock,

459

Date of appearance of pock,

459

incrustation of pock,

460

falling off of crust,

460

Description of cicatrix,

460

Irregularities in course,

460

Raspberry excrescence of pock,

461

Lack of elevation in pock,

461

Absence of a constitutional infection,

460

Bryce's test for determining constitutional infection,

461

Diphtheritic pock,

463

Catarrhal pock,

463

Morbid anatomy,

462

Pock,

463

Microspheres and vaccinals of lymph,

463

Microscopical characters of the lymph,

463

Mechanism of umbilication,

464

Composition of crust,

464

Complications and sequelæ,

464

V

ACCINATION

,

465

Synonyms,

465

History of,

465

Protective power of,

461

theories regarding,

461

duration of,

468

against pertussis,

468

Marson's theory of multiple insertions,

467

Time of revaccination,

467

As a means of destroying nævi,

468

Complications,

468

Simple inflammatory,

468

Complicated by dermatitis,

468

Treatment of dermatitis,

469

Complicated by lymphangitis and adenitis,

468

By ulceration and gangrene,

468

Erysipelas,

469

treatment,

469

Complicated by syphilis,

469

treatment,

471

Modes of preventing transmission of syphilis,

470

Complicated by skin diseases,

471

by eczema,

472

Impetigo contagiosa, its relations to,

472

Followed by cutaneous affections,

471

by eczema,

472

Conveyance of constitutional taints in,

471

Technics of,

472

Varieties of virus,

472

Primary vaccine,

473

Horse-pox vaccine,

473

Retro-vaccine,

473

Bovine vaccine,

473

Variola vaccine,

473

So-called points of superiority of humanized vaccine,

473

Relative merits of animal and humanized vaccine,

473

Advantages of animal over humanized virus,

475

Forms of vaccine,

476

Objections to use of crust,

476

Use of dried lymph,

477

liquid or tube lymph,

476

Proper season,

477

Age,

477

Part of body most suitable for,

477

Modes of operating,

478

applying the virus,

478

Storage and preservation of virus,

479

Proper time of collecting lymph for storage,

479

Proper manner of transporting,

480

Vaccination, neglect of, as a cause of variola,

436

Vaccine virus, varieties of,

472

use of, in treatment of rabies and hydrophobia,

907

Vagina, symptoms of diphtheria of,

674

Vaginal injections, use of, for prevention of puerperal fever,

1025

Variations, barometric, influence of, upon course of diseases,

134

V

ARICELLA

,

481

Definition,

481

Synonyms,

481

History,

481

Etiology,

481

Contagiousness,

481

Symptoms,

481

Period of incubation,

482

General,

482

Prodromal stage,

482

Eruption,

482

Umbilication of eruption,

482

Date of appearance of desiccation,

482

Frequency of scarring,

482

Appearance of vesicles on mucous membrane,

483

Morbid anatomy,

483

Complications,

483

Diagnosis,

483

From variola and varioloid,

484

From vaccinia,

484

From impetigo,

483

contagiosum,

483

From eczema pustulosum,

483

Prognosis,

484

Treatment,

485

Varicella Prurigo

, nature,

484

Varieties of beriberi,

1039

of grease-traps,

221

of pernicious malarial fever,

606

of rubeola,

568

of sewer-traps,

191

of typhoid fever,

298

V

ARIOLA

,

434

Definition,

434

Synonyms,

434

History,

434

Etiology,

435

Contagiousness,

435

Nature of contagium,

435

Mode of entrance of contagium,

435

Duration of activity of contagium,

435

Period of greatest activity of contagium,

435

Modes of transmission,

435

Race, influence of,

436

Season, influence of,

436

Sex, influence of,

436

Neglect of vaccination as a cause,

436

Individual idiosyncrasy,

436

Protection from, by previous attacks,

436

Effect of pre-existing skin disorders,

436

Symptoms,

436

Stage of incubation,

436

Invasion,

436

Variolous rash,

437

date of appearance,

437

significance,

437

Simon's triangle,

437

Stage of invasion,

438

Eruptive stage,

438

Characters of eruption,

438

Position of eruption,

438

Stage of vesication,

438

Umbilication,

438

Maturation,

439

Characters of mature pock,

439

Condition of patient in suppuration stage,

439

Pustules on mucous surfaces,

439

Stage of desiccation,

439

General, during desiccation,

440

Secondary fever,

439

Date of appearance of secondary fever,

439

Confluent variety,

440

Seat of lesion,

441

Condition of mucous surfaces in confluent,

441

General condition in confluent,

441

Hemorrhagic variety,

442

First form,

442

Second form,

443

Lesions of,

443

Variolic purpura,

442

Complications and sequelæ,

445

Complicated by eye diseases,

445

Erysipelas,

445

Nasal inflammation,

445

Furuncles and abscesses,

445

Muscular paralysis and hemiplegic attacks,

445

Laryngitis,

446

Gangrene of genitalia,

446

Followed by a typhoid state,

445

Pathology and morbid anatomy,

446

Cutaneous lesions,

446

Formation of papule,

446

Vesicle,

446

Cause of umbilication,

447

Repair of pock,

447

Hemorrhagic variety,

447

Changes of viscera,

447

Diagnosis,

447

From measles,

448

From scarlatina,

449

From pustular skin diseases,

449

From dermatitis medicamentosa,

449

From syphiloderm,

449

From acneform disease,

449

From typhoid fever,

450

From typhus fever,

450

Prognosis,

450

Symptoms indicating unfavorable,

450

Influence of sudden defervescence of eruption,

450

Pregnancy and childbed,

450

Fatality of, in the unvaccinated,

450

Influence of vaccination after development,

451

Treatment,

451

Preventive,

451

Hygienic,

451

Necessity of cleanliness,

454

Invasion stage,

452

Eruption,

452

Exclusion of sunlight for prevention of pitting,

452

Use of warm baths,

453

Hot water compresses,

453

Stimulants,

454

Hemorrhagic form,

454

Disposition of clothes and body after death,

454

Variola of vaccine,

473

Variolic purpura,

442

V

ARIOLOID

,

443

Symptoms,

443

Invasion stage,

443

Eruption,

444

Types of,

444

Identity with variola,

444

Treatment,

451

Veins, condition of, in cholera,

737

intestinal, lesions of, in cholera,

745

jugular, thrombi of, in symptomatic parotitis,

626

lesions of, in pyæmia,

967

in symptomatic parotitis,

626

Venesection in cholera,

764

in rabies and hydrophobia,

908

in relapsing fever,

431

futility of, in cerebro-spinal meningitis,

830

V

ENTILATION

,

177

et seq.

Defects,

179

Distribution of air,

180

Estimation of carbonic acid in air,

178

Insufficient, evil effects,

181

Importance of, in treatment of typhoid fever,

323

Methods of calculating amount of air-supply,

179

Modes of investigating merits of a plan,

179

Of waste-pipes in drainage,

223

Of soil-pipes,

189

Proper size of flues and registers,

179

Relation of, to heating apparatus,

180

Varieties of ventilators,

180

Velocity of air,

180

Ventilators, varieties,

180

Venous emboli,

63

thrombosis, following typhoid fever,

294

Veratrum viride, use of, in puerperal fever,

1033

in scarlet fever,

543

in yellow fever,

651

Vertigo in cerebro-spinal meningitis,

812

in relapsing fever,

384

significance of, in general diagnosis,

158

Vesication in variola,

438

Vesicle in variola, morbid anatomy of,

446

Views, earlier, concerning nature of puerperal fever,

990

modern, concerning nature of puerperal fever,

992

Virus of anthrax, period of greatest virulence,

928

of rabies, localization of, in wound,

893

of vaccination, varieties of,

472

vaccine, manner of transporting,

480

storage,

479

Viscera, lesions of abdominal, in the plague,

781

in cerebro-spinal meningitis,

824

in erysipelas,

635

in variola,

447

Vision, modifications of, in relapsing fever,

399

in typhoid fever,

280

Vital statistics, registration,

208

Voice, alteration of, in diagnosis,

158

Vomit, character of, in cerebro-spinal meningitis,

813

in cholera,

738

in grave form of the plague,

779

Vomiting during intermittent fever paroxysm,

593

in cerebro-spinal meningitis,

813

in cholera,

738

treatment,

761

in diphtheria, treatment,

694

in general peritonitis of puerperal fever,

1010

in mild scarlet fever,

503

in para- and perimetritis of puerperal fever,

1007

in pyæmia,

975

in remittent fever, treatment,

605

in rubeola, treatment,

581

in septicæmia,

977

in typhoid fever,

285

treatment,

331

in typhus fever,

350

treatment,

367

in yellow fever,

644

treatment,

652

significance of, in general diagnosis,

162

Vulva, symptoms of diphtheria,

674

W.

Wakefulness in relapsing fever,

384

in typhus fever,

349

Walk, significance of, in diagnosis,

161

Walking form of typhus fever,

354

of yellow fever, symptoms,

654

Washstands, stationary, dangers from,

216

Waste-pipes, effects of large bore in,

220

leakage in,

222

tests for,

222

ventilation,

223

Water, collections of, effect upon public health,

187

fear of, in rabies and hydrophobia,

899

height of subsoil, influence of, on prevalence of cholera,

722

importance of, in treatment of typhoid fever,

325

impure, microscopic characters of,

184

diarrhoeal affections from,

182

disease from,

182

chemical examination of,

183

,

184

value of chemical examination of,

183

,

184

impurity of, from metallic salts,

182

from organisms,

184

nature of impurities,

182

polluted, as a cause of diphtheria,

683

stagnant, production of malaria by,

187

standards of purity,

184

subsoil, level of,

188

supply, contamination of, from privy-vaults,

192

cess-pools,

192

chloride test for detecting impurities in,

192

tables of analyses,

184

use of, in diphtheria,

702

Water-closets, defects of,

217

location,

218

varieties,

191

ventilation,

192

,

217

Waxy degeneration,

84

Welch on cause of oedema of lungs,

72

Wet form of beriberi, symptoms,

1040

treatment,

1042

Whooping cough,

836

relation of, to rubeola,

561

Winds, influence of, on spread of influenza,

860

Wound, appearance of, in rabies and hydrophobia,

895

,

899

changes in, in pyæmia,

976

condition of, in septicæmia,

977

influence of characters of, in causation of pyæmia,

958

treatment of, in pyæmia,

981

in septicæmia,

983

Wounds, diphtheria of,

673

Y.

Y

ELLOW

F

EVER

,

640

Synonyms,

640

Definition,

640

Etiology,

640

Specific origin,

640

Poison of, inconvertibility,

840

Birthplace,

641

Characteristics,

641

Ponderability,

641

Vitality,

641

Influence of heat and cold on development,

641

Impossibility of transportation of, by air,

641

Transportability of, by fomites, etc.,

641

Nature of fomites,

641

,

642

Fixity of,

643

Slowness of extension,

643

Medium of admission to system,

642

Localization of epidemics by atmospheric impregnation,

642

Anxiety, grief, and fatigue as causes,

643

Insusceptibility, in negroes,

644

from idiosyncrasy,

643

Protective power of previous attacks,

643

Duration of incubation period,

643

Symptoms,

644

Mild cases,

644

Initial,

644

Physiognomy,

644

Neuralgia and muscular pains,

644

Cerebral,

644

Condition of tongue,

644

Gastro-intestinal canal,

644

Vomiting,

644

Character of matters vomited,

644

Condition of urine,

644

Pulse,

644

Relation of pulse to temperature,

645

Perspiration,

645

Stages,

645

Masked forms,

653

Walking forms,

654

Paroxysmal stage,

645

Calm stage,

645

Hemorrhages and jaundice,

646

Prognosis,

646

Symptoms indicating unfavorable,

646

Influence of crowding the sick,

646

Pregnancy and parturition,

647

Condition of patient at time of attack,

647

Temperature,

647

In hospital cases,

647

Mortality,

647

Variableness,

647

Difference in hospital and private cases,

648

Diagnosis,

648

Significance of physiognomy,

648

State of pulse,

648

Albuminous urine,

648

Hemorrhagic tendency,

648

Yellow discoloration of skin,

648

Morbid anatomy,

649

Changes in liver,

649

Treatment,

649

Futility of abortive,

649

Importance of early,

649

Indications for,

649

Simple form,

649

Early stages,

649

Diaphoresis,

650

Jaborandi,

650

Neuralgias and muscular pains,

651

Hyperpyrexia,

651

by cold,

651

Hemorrhages,

651

by tincture of iron,

652

Nausea and vomiting,

652

Urinary suppression,

652

Failure of reaction from cold stage,

653

Convulsions and delirium,

653

Use of digitalis,

651

Aconite,

651

Veratrum viride,

651

Gelsemium,

651

Hæmostatics,

652

Quinia,

650

,

651

Quinia and opium in combination,

651

Hygienic,

654

Necessity of absolute rest,

654

Diet,

654

Children,

655

Typhoid cases,

655

Time of return to solid food,

655

Z.

Zymosis, meaning of term,

137

Zymotic diseases, relation of, to puerperal fever,

1020

table,

136

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