Etymology,
777

    History,
777

        Ancient,
777-780

        Modern,
780-784

    General remarks,
784

        Nature,
784

        Primary nature,
784

        Secondary nature,
784

        Periodicity of recurrence,
784
,
786

        Tendency to circumscription,
785

        A disease of armies,
785
,
786

    Etiology,
786

        Climate, influence on causation,
786

        Hot seasons, influence on causation,
787

        Moisture, influence on causation,
788

        Dryness, influence on causation,
788

        Decay of animal and vegetable matter,
787
,
789

        Atmospheric changes,
789

        Taking cold, influence on causation,
789
,
790

        Nervous influence,
790

        Food, irritating and improper,
791

        Water, impure,
791

        Dejecta, influence on causation,
791

            mechanical irritation of colon by,
791

            propagation of the disease by,
792

        Specific nature,
792

        Micro-organism, influence on causation,
792

        Contagiousness,
793
,
794

        Poison, duration of activity of,
794
,
795

    Pathology,
796

        Local nature,
796

        Discharges, characters of,
796
,
803

    Morbid anatomy,
797

        Mucous membrane, an inflammation of,
797

        Lesions of catarrhal form,
797

        Mucous membrane, state of,
798

        Cells, desquamation of,
798

        Follicles, intestinal, alterations in,
798

        Protuberances of mucosa,
798
,
799

        Tenesmus, cause of,
799

        Of pseudo-membranous form,
799

        False membranes, formation,
799

        Ulcers, character and seat of,
799

        Perforation,
799

            date of occurrence,
800

        Perityphlitis, lesions of,
800

        Of chronic form,
800

        Ulceration, seat and character,
800

        Cicatrization in,
800

        Mesenteric glands, lesions of,
801

        Kidneys, lesions of,
801

        Joints, lesions of,
801

        Liver, lesions of,
801

            abscess of,
801

    Symptoms,
802

        Onset,
796
,
802

            Pains of,
796
,
802

                seat and character,
802

                physiognomy during,
802

        Tenesmus,
796
,
802

        Heat of rectum,
796
,
802

        Vomiting,
803
,
804

        Strangury,
803

        Prolapsus ani,
797
,
803

        Stools,
796
,
803

            character,
796
,
803

            bloody,
796
,
803

            boiled-sago matter in,
803

        Fever,
796

        Skin, state,
796
,
804

        Abdomen, state,
796
,
804

        Typhoid state, occurrence of,
797
,
804

        Tongue, state,
804

        Pulse,
804

        Physiognomy,
796

        Appetite impaired,
796
,
804

        Brain, condition,
804

        Pyæmia, occurrence of,
797
,
804

        Gangrene of intestine,
804

    Complications and sequelæ,
805

        Rheumatism,
805

        Paralysis,
805

            seat,
805
,
806

        Hepatic abscess,
806

        Kidney disease,
806

        Parotitis,
806

        Hyperæsthesia of intestinal mucous membrane,
806