INDEX 



929 



Digestive system, physiology of, in un- 

 dernutrition, 18. 



Digitalis, in treatment of edema, 192. 



Dilatation of the stomach, metabolism 

 in, 622. 



Diuretics, in treatment of edema, 192. 



Ductless glands, abnormality of, me- 

 tabolism in intestinal disturbances 

 following, 640. 



Drugs, in treatment of edema, digi- 

 talis, 192. 



diuretics, 192. 



purgatives, 193. 



Duodenal contents, pancreatic fer- 

 ments in, testing for presence of, 

 664. 



Dyspnea, in nephritis, 312. 



Eclampsia, and albuminuria, 835. 



and liver involvement, 836. 



metabolism in, table, 851. 

 tables of, 844, 845. 



theories of cause of, 838. 

 Eczema, adult form of, associated with 



digestive disturbances, 696. 



associated with diet, 697. 



etiological division into groups, 696. 



in infancy and early childhood, 

 metabolism in, 809. 



Edema, anatomy of, morbid, 159. 



angioneurotic, 158. 



blood flow in, rate and volume of, 

 170. 



blood and plasma volume in, 170. 



blood serum analysis in sodium 

 bicarbonate, form of, 167. 



of the brain and nephritic toxicosis, 

 394. 



in cachexia, 158. 



capillary permeability and, 169. 



causes of, chemical, 158. 

 dietary deficiency, 158. 



heredity, 159. 



mechanical, 157. 



neuropathic, 158. 



protein poisoning, 158. 



and cell metabolism, 66. 



and cell respiration, 166. 



chemistry of fluids of, 159. 



analyses of blood and edema fluid 



in, war-edema, 168. 

 average composition of effusion 



fluids, table, 161 

 blood serum analysis in sodium 



bicarbonate, form of, 167. 



chemical characteristics of transu- 



dates, table, 164. 

 chlorid content, 162. 



Edema, chemistry of fluids of, chlorid 

 content, table, 163. 



composition of cutaneous effu- 

 sions, 161. 



concentration of electrolysis, 162. 

 conductivity, 162. 



enzymes of the plasma, 164. 



freezing point, 162. 



-table, 163. 



immune bodies, 164. 



molecular concentration, 162. 



non-protein constituents, 161. 

 table, 162. 



non-protein nitrogen content of, 



table, 163. 

 protein constituents, 160. 



reaction of, 164. 



review of chemistry of normal 



lymph, 160. 



sugar, 162. 



surface tension, 164. 



toxicity, 165. 



circulatory changes and, 170. 



blood and plasma volume in, 170. 



composition of blood in heart 



failure, 172. 



rate and volume of blood flow, 

 170. 



clinical features of, ascites, 157. 



general, 156. 



hydrothorax, 157. 

 kidneys, 157. 



in the liver, 157. 



lungs, 157. 



skin and subcutaneous tissues, 



156. 



composition of blood in heart fail- 

 ure, 172. 



carbon dioxid content, 172. 

 oxygen content, 172. 



number and volume of red cells, 

 173. 



reaction of blood, 173. 



sodium chlorid content of plasma, 



173. 

 summary, 174. 



cutaneous effusions of, chemical 

 composition of, 161. 



definition of, 153. 



definition of terms relative to, 165. 



famine, 158. 



fluids of, chemistry of, 159. See 

 also Chemistry of fluids of. 



forms of, 157. 



general manifestations of, 157. 



of heart failure, composition of 

 blood in, 172. 



carbon dioxid content, 172. 



