XIV 



INDEX. 



Palpitation of the heart, i. 306 ; 

 ii. 367,, 443; in an epileptic 

 fit, 413. 



Palsy, i. 296 ; ii. 348 ; arises from 

 compression or from collapse, 

 349. 



Paracelsus, i. 368,392. 



Paracentesis thoracis, ii. 615 ; 

 abdominis, 618. 



Paracusis, i. 336. 



Paraglosse, i. 358. 



Par aphonia, i. 341. 



Parorchidium, i. 357- 



Paroxysms of fever, i. 483 ; are 

 seldom single, 486 ; postponing 

 and anticipating, 487 ; deter- 

 mined by a diurnal revolution 

 of the animal economy, 509. 



hysterical, ii. 494. 



Passions, i. 108. 



Pemphigus, i. 282. ii. 198, 



Pericarditis, i. 268. ii. 69. 



Peripneumonia, i. 261. See 

 Pneumonia. 



notha, ii. 66. 



Peritonitis, i. 269. ii. 70. 



Pertussis, i. 309. ii. 455. 



Pestis, i. 279; ii. 178. 



Petechia, i. 283. ii. 200. 



Philinus, of Cos, i. 379. 



Pklegmasice, i. 260. ii. 1. 



Phlegmon, i. 260. ii. 23. 



Phlogistic diathesis, ii. 7- in fev- 

 er, i. 515. 



Phlogosis, i. 260. 



Phrenitis, i. 262. ii. 31. 



Phthisis pulmonalis, i. 285 ; phe- 

 nomena, ii. 239 ; its supposed 

 causes, 244; tubercles, 248; 

 prognosis, 257 ; cure, 258. 



Physconia, i. 326. ii. 619. 



Physiology denned, i. 5. 



divided, i. 6. 



Physometra, i. 323. 



Pica, i. 338. 



Piles, ii. 267- 



Pitcairn (DT.\ i. 401. 



Plague, i. 279 ; its phenomena, 

 ii. 178 ; prevention, 180 ; cure, 

 183. 



Plan for treating the Practice of 

 Physic, i. 440. 



Plater (Felix), arranged the 

 symptoms of diseases, i. 230. 



Pleasant sensations, i. 48. 



Plethora favours haemorrhagy, 

 and is produced by it, ii. 205 ; 

 its effects different in various 

 periods of life, 208; venous, 

 212. 



, may produce epilepsy, ii. 



426; to be cautiously taken 

 off in hysteria, ii. 503 ; in- 

 duces headach, ii. 548 ; dis- 

 poses to corpulency, ii. 571' 



Pleuritis, i. 266. See Pneu- 

 monia. 



Pleurosthotonos, ii. 406. 



Pneumatic sect of Physicians, 

 384. 



Pneumatosis, i. 322 ; ii. 574. 



Pneumonia, i. 265 ; ii. 46 ; pos- 

 sible seats of pneumonic in- 

 flammations, ibid ; it is seated 

 chiefly in the membranous 

 parts, ibid ; symptoms, 48 ; 

 little foundation for distin- 

 guishing it by different names, 

 49 ; remote causes, 50 ; ter- 

 minations, 51 ; prognostic, 54 ; 

 singular remission about the 

 third or fourth day, 55 ; treat- 

 ment, 57 ; complicated with 

 intermittent or continued fev- 

 er, i. 266 ; ii. 65 ; suppuration 

 from pneumonia supposed to 

 form ulcers in the lungs, 245. 



Podagra, i. 274; ii. 108. 



Poisons, cause epilepsy, ii. 423, 

 428. 



Poisons, producing an apoplectic 

 state, ii. 346. 



Polydipsia, i. 338. 



Polysarcia, i. 322 ; ii. 570. 



Portland powder, has been used 

 in gout, ii. 132. 



Power, vital, i. 64; nervous, 65, 

 70; animal, 65, 70; inherent, 

 64 ; different in different 

 muscles, 66; excited by ap- 

 plications to the muscular 

 fibre or the nerves, 67 ; prob- 

 ably of the same nature with 

 the nervous, 70. 



