Nature,

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    Definition,

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    Etiology,

        Age,

        Female sex,

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        Heredity,

        Habit,

        Occupation,

            sedentary,

        Acute and chronic brain disease,

        Abuse of aperients,

            opium,

        Lead-poisoning,

        Tobacco,

        Chronic pulmonary disease,

            heart disease,

            liver disease,

        Painful disease of rectum,

        Chronic cachexiæ,

        Wasting diseases,

        Disorders of digestion,

        Pancreatic disease,

        Loss of fluids,

            by perspiration,

            by diuresis,

            by diabetes,

            by exercise,

        Food,

        Intestinal worms,

    Morbid anatomy,

        Displacement of colon,

        Dilatation of intestines,

            of sigmoid flexure,

            of colon,

        Increased length of colon,

        Mucous membrane, intestinal, lesions of,

        Ulcers of intestines,

        Thinning of intestinal walls,

        Hypertrophy of intestinal walls,

        Fecal accumulations,

            character,

        Scybalæ, formation of,

        Hemorrhoidal tumors,

        Peri-rectal abscesses,

        Fistulæ,

    Symptoms,

        Fulness and heat of rectum,

        Appetite, impaired,

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        Tongue, state,

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        Flatulence,

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        Abdominal distension,

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            pain,

        Stools, character,

        Cold feet,

        Pain in groin,

        Varicocele,

        Seminal emissions,

        Urinary retention,

        Jaundice,

        Uterine displacements,

        Nervous symptoms,

        Vertigo,

        Headache,

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        Visual disorders,

        Disorders of hearing,

        Heart-palpitation,

        Chilliness,

        Menstrual disorders,

        Anæmia and chlorosis,

        Mental depression,

        Hallucinations,

        Relation of displacements of colon to suicide,

        Fever,

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        Urine, state of,

        Skin disorders,

    Complications and results,

        Ulceration of intestinal mucous membrane,

        Abscess, peri-rectal,

        Fistulæ,

        Hemorrhoids,

        Intussusception,

        Typhlitis and perityphlitis,

        Hæmoptysis,

        Cerebral hemorrhage,

        Hernia,

        Death, cause of,

    Diagnosis,

        From secondary constipation,

        From rectal growths and tumors,

        From stricture,

        From abdominal tumors,

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        From obstruction by gall-stones,

        Of stercoral tumors,

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                physical signs,

    Prognosis,

    Treatment,