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INDEX. 



Percussion sounds, normal, 431 ; ab- 

 normal, 433 

 Pericarditis, acute, causation, 554 ; 

 anatomical characters, 554; symp- 

 toms, 550 ; treatment, 558 

 Pericardium, diseases of, 554 

 di'opsy of, 5G1 

 inflammation of, 554 

 Peritoneum, diseases of, 581 



morbid growths in connection 

 with, 58() 

 Peritonitis, definition, pathology 

 of, 581 ; causation, 582 ; ana- 

 tomical characters, 583; symp- 

 toms, 584; cause and termina- 

 tion, 585 ; treatment. 585 

 Pettenkofer's test, 704' 

 Pharyngeal abscess, 603 ; nature 

 and causation, 603; treat- 

 ment, 604 

 catarrh, nature of, 601 ; causa- 

 tion, 602 ; symptoms and 

 treatment, 603 

 Phlegmonous erysipelas, 162 

 Phtheiriasis, 780 ; treatment, 781 

 Physical examination of circulatory 

 organs, 542 

 examination of respiratory 

 organs, 423 ; modes of con- 

 ducting this, 424 

 signs drawn from auscultation, 



431 

 signs afforded by percussion, 

 429 

 Pink-eye, a form of influenza, 56 

 Pityriasis, 762 

 Plastic bronchitis, 479 

 Pleural sounds, 440 

 Pleurisy, definition of, nature and 

 causation, 628 ; anatomical cha- 

 racters, 530; symptoms, 533; cause 

 and termination, 535; diagnosis, 

 536; treatment, 537 

 Plcurosthotonos, 409 

 Plumbism, nature and modes of 



manifestation, 392 

 Pleura, diseases of, 528 



dropsy of, 536 

 Pneumonia, pathology and varieties 

 of, 491 ; nature and causation, 

 492 ; anatomical characters, 495 ; 

 symptoms, general, 500 ; course 

 and termination, 502 ; diagnosis, 

 505 ; treatment, 506 

 Polydipsia, 319 

 Polyuria, 316 



Post-mortem examinations, 20 

 Premonitory symptoms, 8 

 Prognosis, modes of determining, 



and questions to settle, 19 

 Prolapsus ani, 669 

 Prophylactic measures, 21 

 Prurigo, 747 ; causation, 748 ; treat- 

 ment, 749 

 Pruritus, general characters and 



nature of, 769 ; treatment, 769 

 Psoriasis, pathology of, 763 ; symp- 

 toms, 763 ; treatment, 764r 

 Psoroptic mange, 783 

 Ptyalism, 599 



Pulmonary or vesicular sounds, 432 

 collapse, 477 

 compression, 535 

 congestion, 484 ; definition, 

 nature, and causation, 484 ; 

 anatomical characters, 487; 

 symptoms, 488 ; treatment, 

 489 

 Pulmonic sounds, 432 

 Pulse, nature of, in enteritis, 078 

 as an indication of disease, 13 ; 

 character of, 13 

 Puncturing the bowel in tympany, 



663 

 Purgatives, use of, in enteritis, 081 

 Purpura btemorrhagica, definition 

 and pathology of, 275 ; causation, 

 277 ; anatomical characters, 279 ; 

 symptoms, 281 ; course and ter- 

 mination, 284 ; diagnosis, 285 ; 

 treatment, 280 

 Pus, existence of, in the urine, 721 

 Pustular stomatitis, 596 



inflammation of the skin, 759 

 Pyaemia, 222 ; nature of, 223 ; 

 causation, 225; anatomical cha- 

 racter's, 226 ; symptoms, 227 ; 

 treatment, 228 

 Pyelitis, 729 

 Pyrexia, 35 

 Pyuria, 721 



Quickened respiration, 428 



Rabies, nature and causation, 229 ; 



anatomical characters, 230 ; 



symptoms, 232 ; diagnosis, 233 ; 



treatment, 233 

 Rrdes, nature and classification of, 



437 

 Rectum, eversion of, 669 

 Reflex paralysis, 384 



