INDEX. 



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fluent 152; secondary fever, 

 153, 166; the number of the 

 pustules influenced by heat, 

 156 ; inoculation, 157 con- 

 tagion of, cause of epilepsy, ii. 

 421. 



Smith (Dr. Thomas} on mus- 

 cular motion, i. 67, 74. 



Solids, simple, i. 10 14 ; vital, 



10, 64. 



Soul, seat of, i. 25, 102, 103 



See Mind. 



Spasm denned, i. 84 ; causes of, 

 86 ; gives pain, 56 ; ii. 539. 



of the extremities of the 



arteries, induced in fevers, i. 

 493; its duration different, 

 515 ; symptoms which indicate 

 a strong spasm in fevers, 571 ; 

 means for taking it off, 618 ; 

 occurs in inflammation, ii. 6. 



Spasmi, i. 301 ; ii. 399 ; remark 

 on the definition, ii. 399. 



Species of diseases, difficulty of 

 determining them, i. 236, 451. 



Sphacelus, i. 261 ; ii. 11. 



Splenitis, i. 271. 



Splenocele, i. 356. 



Squills in pneumonia, ii. 63 ; in 

 hooping-cough, 463 ; a diu- 

 retic, 598. 



Stahl's system, i. 403 ; opinions 

 on the mind, 21, 23, 42, 102, 

 103, 115 ; doctrine on the gout, 



11. 120 ; on the cure of haemorr- 

 hagies, 215, 224 ; on haemorr- 

 hoids, 269, 273. 



Stevens on the gastric menstruum, 

 i.87. 



Stimulus, stimulant powers, i. 66. 



Stimulants, direct, their use in 

 the cure of fevers, i. 642. 



, indirect, ii. 370, 422. 



, direct and indirect, causes 



of spasm, i. 87, 88. 



, certain, a cause of irritabil- 

 ity, i. 100. 



Stomacace, i. 288. 



Stomach, its connexion with the 

 state of the brain, ii. 149 ; its 

 motions, 184; its idiosyncrasies, 



222 ; derangements of its func- 

 tions in fever, 495 ; symptoms 

 expressive of determination of 

 blood to it, 570 ; those expres- 

 sive of its debility, 586. 



, inflammation of, ii. 70. 



, producing headach by sym- 

 pathy, ii. 554. 



, organic affections of, pro- 

 duce dyspepsia, ii. 372. 



Strabismus, i. 343. 



Study, how managed in hypo- 

 chondriasis, ii. 396. 



Sublimate, corrosive, in syphilis, 

 ii. 647. 



Suppression of the menses, ii. 

 297 ; may produce haemate- 

 mesis, 301. 



Suppuration, ii. 9 ; how promot- 

 ed, 21. 



Sweating stage of fever, i. 483. 



in fever, arguments for its 



use, i. 620 ; against it, ibid. ; 

 circumstances which make it 

 hurtful, 622; rules for con- 

 ducting it, 623 ; means of ex- 

 citing it, 624 ; its employment 

 in particular cases, 654; not 

 to be excited in pneumonia, ii. 

 64 ; manner of producing it in 

 rheumatism, 94. 



Sweats, cold, about the head and 

 neck, are a symptom of debility 

 in fevers, i. 584. 



Swellings, of the body, ii. 570 ; 

 flatulent, 573. 



Swieten (Van), i. 50; experi- 

 ment on the bat, 118; his 

 practice, 406, 411. 



Sydenham, i. 402; his accurate 

 descriptions of disease, 228, 

 441 ; his empiric plan, 426 ; 

 admitted too great a variety of 

 fevers, 534, 554; opinion on 

 the cause of epidemics, 557; 

 treatment of rheumatism, ii. 

 91 ; has given the best des- 

 cription of gout, 108; cured 

 chorea by bleeding and purg- 

 ing, 441 ; on cholera, 477- 



Sympathies, i. 149. 



