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INDEX 



Edema, of heart failure, composition of 

 blood in, oxygen content, 172. 



number and volume of red 

 cells, 173. 



reaction of blood, 173. 

 sodium chlorid content of 



plasma, 173. 



summary, 174. 



hydrothorax of, 157. 



skin and subcutaneous tissues in, 

 156. 



treatment of, 189. 



hereditary, chronic, 159. 



historical, 153. 



in inanition, 158. 



in infancy and early childhood, due 

 to condensed milk, 804. 



due to insufficiency of certain 



elements in diet, 802, 803. 

 pathogenesis of, theories as to, 



804. 



inflammatory, 159. 



influence of chlorids and fluids, 

 187. 



and inorganic metabolism, 166. 

 introduction to, 153. 



of the kidneys, 157. 



of the liver, 157. 



of the lungs, 157. 



lymph production, 179. 



physico - chemical factors in, 

 181. 



diffusion pressure, 183. 



of the solute, 184. 

 of the solvent, 184. 



electrostatic pressure, 187. 



hydrophilic action of colloids, 

 186. 



hydrostatic pressure, 181. 



osmotic pressure, 184. 



morbid anatomy of, 159. 



morphology and chemical pathology 

 of, chemistry of edema fluids, 

 160. 



morbid anatomy of, 159. 



nature of, 180. 



in nephritis, 312. 



treatment of, 189. 



Epstein's dietetic therapy, 191. 



neuropathic, 158. 



pathological physiology of, 165. 

 analyses of blood and edema fluid 



in war edema, 168. 

 blood serum analysis in sodium 



bicarbonate edema, 167. 



capillary permeability, 169. 



cell metabolism and edema, 166. 



cell respiration and, 166. 



Edema, pathological physiology of, cir- 

 culatory changes, 170. 

 definition of terms used in dis- 

 cussion, 165. 



disturbances in flow of lymph, 

 165. 



inorganic metabolism, and, 166. 



protein metabolism and, 166. 



renal excretory function in its 



relation to, 174. 

 - role of thyroid ink, 167. 



physico-chemical factors in, 181. 



diffusion pressure, ^83. 



electrostatic pressure, 187. 



of the solute, 184. 



of the solvent, 184. 



hydrophilic action of colloids, 



186. 



hydrostatic pressure, 181. 



osmotic pressure, 184. 



from the physico-chemical stand- 

 point, 179. 



nature of edema, 180. 



physico-chemical factors in 

 lymph production and edema, 181. 



diffusion pressure, 183. 

 of the solute, 184. 



of the solvent, 184. 



electrostatic pressure, 187. 



hydrophilic action of colloids, 

 186. 



hydrostatic pressure, 181. 



osmotic pressure, 184. 



problem of, 155. 



and protein metabolism, 166. 



renal excretory function in its rela- 

 tion to, 174. 



nephritis, acute diffuse, 175. 



chronic diffuse, 176. 



chronic interstitial, 175. 



chronic parenchymatous, 176. 



subacute, 176. 



renal function in other condi- 

 tions associated with edema, 178. 



summary of, 178. 



soda, 158. 



sodium bicarbonate, blood serum 

 analysis in, 167. 



spontaneous, 158. 



and thyroid gland, role of, 167. 



treatment of, baths, 194. 



dietetic, 190. 



Epstein's dietetic therapy of 



nephritis with edema, 191. 



Karell regime, 190. 



restriction of fluid and salt 

 intake, 190. 



drug therapy, digitalis, 192. 



