in constipation,

,

        in enteralgia,

        in spasmodic stricture of oesophagus,

Benzoate of sodium, use of, in intestinal indigestion,

Benzoic acid, use of, in acute rheumatism,

Bifid tongue,

Bile, action of, in digestion,

    composition of,

    in pus of hepatic abscesses,

    in urine, tests for,

Bile-ducts, catarrh of,

Biliary calculi,

        seat,

        origin and development,

        number, shape, and composition,

        impaction of,

        treatment of,

    fistulæ,

,

    form of intestinal indigestion, diagnosis,

    passages, affections of. See

.

        occlusion of,

Biliousness,

Bill of fare for diabetics,

Bilharzia hæmatobia,

Bismuth subnitrate, use of, in entero-colitis and cholera infantum,

        in acute yellow atrophy of liver,

        in cancer of stomach,

        in cholera morbus,

        in functional dyspepsia,

        in gastralgia,

        in chronic gastritis,

        in acute intestinal catarrh,

        in vomiting of abscess of liver,

        in simple ulcer of stomach,

Bitartrate of potassium, use of, in ascites,

Bitter waters, use of, in intestinal indigestion,

Black pepper, use of, in hemorrhoids,

        in proctitis,

        in intestinal ulcer,

    stools in cancer of stomach,

    tongue. See

.

Bladder and kidneys, influence of, on causation of gastralgia,

Bleeding, use of, in intestinal obstruction,

Blindness in scurvy,

Blisters, use of, in acute rheumatism,

,

        in cirrhosis of liver,

        in rheumatoid arthritis,

,

Blood, alterations of, in diabetes mellitus,

    coagulable state of, as a cause of thrombosis and embolism of portal vein,

    lesions, in acute yellow atrophy of liver,

        in cholera morbus,

        in gout,

        in acute rheumatism,

        in scurvy,

    extravasation of, into skin in scurvy,

    presence of fat in, in diabetes mellitus,

,

    watery condition of, in cirrhosis of liver,

Bloodletting, use of, in acute intestinal catarrh,

    in acute peritonitis,

Blood-vessels, disease of, as a cause of hemorrhage from bowels,

    lesions of, in diabetes mellitus,

        in gout,

        in acute peritonitis,

Bloody stools in chronic intestinal catarrh,

Boiled-sago matter in stools of dysentery,

Boils, complicating diabetes mellitus,

    and carbuncles in jaundice,

Bones, disease of, in hereditary syphilis,

    lesions of, in rheumatoid arthritis,

        in scurvy,

,

    of extremities, curvature of, in rachitis,

    of face, alterations of, in rachitis,

    rachitic, composition of,

Borborygmi in chronic intestinal catarrh,

    in intestinal indigestion,

Bothriocephalus cordatus,

    cristatus,

    latus,

Bougies, use of, in cancer of rectum,

        in non-malignant rectal stricture,

        in organic stricture of oesophagus,

        in spasmodic stricture of oesophagus,

        in sphincterismus,

Bowels, compression and contraction of, as a cause of intestinal obstruction,

    hemorrhage from,

    increased weight of, as a cause of acute intestinal strangulation,

    irregular, in cancer of intestines,

        in pseudo-membranous enteritis,

        in suppurative pylephlebitis,

    state of, in biliousness,