Diagnosis,

        From intestinal catarrh,

            Typhoid fever,

            Cholera morbus,

            Cancer of rectum,

            Intussusception,

    Prognosis,

    Mortality,

    Prophylaxis,

        Prevention of over-crowding,

        Cleanliness,

        Ventilation,

        Drinking-water, necessity of good,

        Disinfection of discharges,

        Food, improper, avoidance of,

        Cold, avoidance of,

    Treatment,

        Rest,

        Diet,

,

        Local,

        Of ulcers,

        Of paralysis,

        Of abscess of liver,

        Of rheumatism,

        Change of air,

        Laxatives, use of,

        Enemata, use of,

        Irrigation of bowel,

                method,

,

            by ice-water,

        Nitrate of silver, use of,

,

        Salicylic acid, use of,

        Corrosive sublimate, use of,

        Ipecacuanha, use of,

            mode of administering,

        Opium, use of,

        Alum, use of,

        Stimulants, use of,

        Ergotin, use of,

        Carbolic acid, use of,

        Dilatation of bowel,

        Electricity, use of,

Dysentery as a cause of intestinal ulcer,

        of hemorrhage from bowels,

D

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,

    Definition,

    Synonyms,

    Etiology,

        Predisposing causes,

        Depressed vitality,

        Heredity,

        Age,

,

        Anæmia,

        Febrile states,

        Exhaustion of nerves of organic life,

        Mental state, influence on digestion,

        Nervous system, influence on digestion,

        Gastric juice, action of,

        Privation and want,

        Deficient gastric secretion,

        Gastric juice, analysis of,

        Exciting causes,

        Errors of diet,

        Excess of nitrogenous food,

        Unwholesome food,

        Over-eating,

        Restricted regimen,

        Defective cookery,

        Hasty eating,

        Imperfect mastication,

        Irregularity in meals,

        Spirit-drinking,

        Hepatic disturbance,

        Pancreatic disease,

        Constipation,

        Nervous sympathy,

        Pregnancy,

        Menstruation,

        Uterine disease,

        Cardiac disease,

        Pulmonary disease,

    Symptoms,

        Fulness after meals,

        Pain, seat and character,

        Flatulence,

        Nature of eructations,

        Regurgitation,

        Nature of liquids regurgitated,

        Cardialgia,

        Nausea and vomiting,

        Vomiting, time of,

        Vomit, character of,

        Tongue, condition of,

        Constipation,

        Urine, condition of,

        Gastric vertigo,

        Skin diseases,

        Disturbed innervation,

        Languor and drowsiness,