Ascites
,
1173

        Etiology, obstruction to portal circulation,
1173

            Liver disease,
1173

            Heart disease,
1174

            Kidney disease,
1174

            Phthisis disease,
1175

            Chronic peritonitis,
1175

            Acute peritonitis,
1175

            Sex,
1176

            Age,
1176

        Symptoms,
1175

            Amount of fluid,
1175

            Abdomen, state of,
1176

                effect of position on,
1176

            Respiration in,
1177

            Abdominal veins, prominence of,
1177

            Digestion, derangements of,
1177

            Appetite, impaired,
1177

            Emaciation,
1177

            Urine, condition of,
1177

            Skin, condition of,
1177

            Tongue, condition of,
1177

            Mental state,
1177

        Diagnosis,
1177

            From ovarian cysts,
1177

            Auscultatory percussion in,
1174

        Treatment,
1178

            Diuretics, use of,
1178

            Carbonate of potash and lemon-juice,
1178

            Bitartrate of potash,
1179

            Digitalis,
1179

            Diaphoretics,
1179

            Vapor bath,
1179

            Pilocarpine,
1179

            Cathartics,
1179

            Epsom salts,
1179

            Ext. senna,
1179

            Elaterium,
1179

            Mercurials,
1178
,
1179

            Paracentesis,
1180

                method,
1180

    Hemorrhagic effusion of peritoneum,
1180

            Scurvy as a cause of,
1180

            Erosions of abdominal vessels,
1181

            Aneurisms,
1181

            Traumatism,
1181

        Symptoms,
1181


Peritonitis, chronic, influence on causation of dilatation of stomach,
590

    complicating chronic intestinal catarrh,
710

        acute rheumatism,
42

        cancer of stomach,
560

        simple ulcer of stomach,
502

    acute, distinguished from cholera morbus,
724

    distinguished from acute intestinal catarrh,
686

        from acute gastritis,
468

    in acute intestinal strangulation of intestines,
843

    in intestinal ulcer, treatment,
829

    in perforation of simple gastric ulcer,
499

    in trichinosis,
961

    secondary, in acute pancreatitis,
1118
,
1119


Perityphlitis. See
Typhlitis
.


Permanent teeth, disease of, in hereditary syphilis,
293


Permanganate of potassium, use of, in catarrh of bile-ducts,
1057

            in fatty liver,
1051


Perspiration, excessive, as a cause of constipation,
642

    in acute rheumatism,
27
,
30

    in rheumatic form of gonorrhoeal rheumatism,
104

    of head in rachitis,
146


Perspirations, local, complicating gout,
121


Perverted nutrition, the essential character of scurvy,
173


Pessary, dilated gum, in prolapsus ani,
920


Peyer's patches, degeneration of, in hereditary syphilis,
306

        lesions of, in cholera morbus,
721

            in entero-colitis,
738

            in acute intestinal catarrh,
675

            in chronic intestinal catarrh,
702


P
HARYNX
, D
ISEASES OF
,
390

    
Pharyngitis, Acute
,
390

        Definition,
390

        Synonyms,
390

        Etiology,
390

            Diathetic cause of,
390

            Scrofula,
390

            Rheumatism and gout,
390

            Syphilis,
390

            Age,
390

            Cold and damp,
390

            Malarial poison,
391

            The exanthemata,
391

            Drugs,
391

            Injury,
391

        Pathology and morbid anatomy,
391

            Acute form, nature of,
391

            Phlegmonous form, nature of,
391

                    course of suppurative process,
301