Pregnancy,
419

                Gout and rheumatism,
419

                Hydrophobia,
419

            Symptoms,
419

                Spasm, seat of,
419
,
420

                Inability to swallow,
420

                Spasm, relaxation of,
420

                    causes of,
420

                    certain foods as a cause,
420

                Dysphagia not complete,
420

                Pain,
420

                Hiccough,
420

                Time of regurgitation of food,
420

                Duration,
420
,
421

            Pathology and morbid anatomy,
420

            Diagnosis,
420

                From organic spasm,
421

            Prognosis,
421

                Frequency of recurrence,
421

            Treatment,
421

                Causal,
421

                General,
421

                Use of valerian,
421

                    of oxide of zinc,
421

                    of bromide of potassium,
421

                    of camphor,
421

                    of musk and asafoetida,
421

                    of belladonna and conium,
421

                Local,
421

                Bougie, use of,
421

                    mode of using,
421

                Use of counter-irritation,
422

                    of electricity,
422

        
Organic Stricture
,
422

            Definition,
422

            Synonym,
422

            History,
422

            Etiology,
422

                Congenital,
422

                Cicatricial contraction,
422

                Injury,
423

                Scalds,
422

                Caustic drinks,
422

                Syphilis,
423

                Morbid growths,
423

                Carcinoma,
423

                Spirituous liquors,
423

                Sex,
423

                Age,
423

            Symptoms,
423

                Impediment in deglutition,
423

                Regurgitation of food,
423

                Pain,
423

                Dysphonia,
423

                Suffocative symptoms,
423

            Pathology and morbid anatomy,
424

                Lesions of mucous membrane,
424

                Thickening of mucous membrane,
424

                Lesions of muscular tissue,
424

                Seat of strictures,
424

                Number of strictures,
424

                Forms of strictures,
424

                Dilatation of oesophagus,
424

                Atrophy of oesophagus,
424

            Diagnosis,
424

                Auscultation in,
424

                Value of bougies,
424
,
425

                Necessity of excluding aneurism,
425

            Prognosis,
425

            Treatment,
425

                General,
425

                Use of iodides,
425

                Nutrient enema,
425

                Malignant form,
425

                Use of arsenic,
425

                    of morphia,
425

                Pain,
425

                Local,
425

                Bougies, use of,
425

                    mode of applying,
425
,
426

                Forcible dilatation,
426

                Oesophagotomy,
426

    
Oesophagus, Carcinoma of
,
426

        Definition,
426

        Synonym,
426

        Etiology,
426

            Varieties,
426

            Spheroidal-celled,
426

            Squamous-celled,
426

            Colloid,
426

        Symptoms,
427

            Dysphagia,
427

            Regurgitation of food,
427

            Vomiting,
427

                character of,
427

            Emaciation,
427

            Pain,
427