JfcalUi Snricc a' I'linhir I iiivrrsil y. 



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sciiiU't fever live cases, small pox 4 cases, diphUieria L' cases, chicken pox 

 1 case, mumps 2r» cases, and measles 2 cases. This list, of course, does not 

 include the relatively enormous lumdier of cases of hronchitis, coryza and 

 •j\\]i which some called influenza. That tiic student hody availed itself of 

 the advantages of the disi»ensary service is indicated hy the fact that of the 

 •J.T.'JO students, who were eligihle to the servic-e, 1,249 took advantage of it. 

 These 1,249 pre.sented themselves to the oftice of the T'niversity physician 

 1.!>S() different times with (for them) different illnesses. For some of these 

 illnesses many calls at the otiice were necessary so that the total nundiei- of 

 otiice consultations or treatments, given hy the University physician during 

 the school year, was probahly in excess of ;j,(X)0. The nund)er of prescrip- 

 tions lilled by the Pharmacy Department was 3,000. In addition to the 

 .ilKive figures 1,100 excuses were written for the Military Department. 



List of diseases, with the number of times they occurred, which were 

 diagnosed and given a varying number of treatments in the otfice of the 

 r 111 versify physician, Purdue University, during the school year, 1919-1920. 



BLOOD— CIKCULATION—DUCTLESS GLANDS. 



Anaemia — 1 

 llyjiertrophy of Heart- 

 .Mitral Regurgitation— 

 .Myocarditis — 1 

 Tacchycardia — 4 

 Faint— 1 



Varicocele — 1 

 Tiymphadenitis — 13 

 Lymphangitis— 1 

 (ioitre (simple) — 1 

 Hyperthyroidism — 1 



CUTANEOUS. 



Cliilblain— 2 

 I lost Bite— 1 

 Tinea Circinata — 6 

 Tinea Cruris — 45 

 Tinea Psycosis — 6 

 Wound (Abraded)— 13 

 Wound (Puncture) — 2 

 Wound (Lacerated) — 19 

 Wound (Infected)— 75 

 Impetigo Contagiosa — 2 

 Paronychia — 7 

 liurn— 6 

 Boil— 31 

 Stye— 2 



I'urunculosis— 13 

 Acne Vulgaris — 16 

 Ingrown Toenail — 2 



Pediculosis — 2 

 Scabies — 2 

 Seborrhea — 1 

 Dandruff— 1 

 Impacted Cerumen— 2 

 Otitis Externa— 1 

 Hyperhydrosis — 1 

 Urticaria — 16 

 Eczema— 22 

 Psoriasis — 5 

 Clavus— 2 

 Pruritis — 3 

 Rhus Poisoning — 12 

 Sumach Poisoning — 1 

 Verruca — 9 

 Vaccination — 3 



