CONTENTS ix 



Disease of the respiratory organs — Continued. page 



pentastoma taenioides 128 



epistaxis 129 



tumors 130 



diseases of the larynx 133 



acute laryngeal catarrh 133 



chronic catarrh of the larynx 135 



diseases of the upper air-passages and bronchial tubes 137 



catarrh of the windpipe and bronchia 137 



acuts catarrh of the large bronchia 138 



acute catarrh of the smaller bronchia 139 



parasitic bronchitis 140 



diseases of the lungs 141 



catarrhal inflammation of the lungs 141 



chronic interstitial pneumonia 143 



cedema of the lungs 144 



croupous inflammation of the lungs 146 



anthracosis pulmonum 146 



emphysema of the lungs 146 



diseases of the pleura 147 



pleuritis 147 



hydrothorax 151 



pneumothorax 152 



hjematothorax , 153 



Diseases of the circulatory apparatus 154 



examination of the circulatory apparatus 154 



examination of the heart 154 



position and size of the heart 155 



character of the heart-pulsations 156 



character of the heart-sounds and bruits 156 



character of the jjulse 157 



diseases of the heart 158 



valvular defects 160 



idiopathic hypertrophy of the heart 163 



diseases of the pericardium 165 



pericarditis 165 



dropsy of the pericardium 166 



hemorrhage of the pericardium 166 



filaria in the blood 167 



Diseases of the urinary and sexual apparatus 169 



examination of the urinary apparatus 169 



examination of the prepuce and urethra 169 



examination of the prostate 171 



examination of the bladder 172 



examination of the urine 173 



amount of urine 173 



color of the urine 174 



transparency of the urine 175 



the specific gravity of the urine 1"^ 



