vi CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



V. THE H^MORRHAGIC DIATHESIS - 68 



The physiology of the coagulation of the 

 blood. Haemophilia. Pathology of haemo- 

 philia. Treatment of haemophilia. The thera- 

 peutics of calcium salts. 



VI. THE PHYSIOLOGY OF URIC ACID AND OTHER 



URINARY DEPOSITS - - 82 



Uric acid. Derivation from food-stuffs. 

 Derivation from the tissues. The purin bodies. 

 Gout. Calcium oxalate. Cystin. General 

 laws of calculus formation. 



VII. ACIDOSIS, ACETON^EMIA, AND DIABETES - 97 



Conditions of occurrence of acetone, diacetic 

 acid, and /3-oxybutyric acid. Origin from fats. 

 Sugar starvation the cause of acidosis. Acid 

 poisoning. The diagnosis of starvation. The 

 essential nature of diabetes. The treatment of 

 non-diabetic acidosis. The prevention of post- 

 operative coma in diabetics. 



VIII. IMMEDIATE AND REMOTE POISONING BY 



CHLOROFORM - 115 



The mode of action of the organic hypnotics. 

 The immediate dangers of chloroform 

 narcosis. Vagus inhibition. Lowering of the 

 blood -pressure. Delayed chloroform poison- 

 ing. 



IX. NERVE INJURIES ... 123 



The effects of nerve section. Epicritic, 

 protopathic, and deep sensibility. Causation 

 of trophic lesions. Diagnosis of partial nerve 

 section. How degenerated nerve is regenerated. 

 The results of primary and secondary nerve- 

 suture. Methods of dealing with wide gaps. 



X. THE SURGICAL PHYSIOLOGY OF THE SPINAL 



CORD ... . 138 



The effects of division of the posterior nerve- 

 roots. The diagnosis and localization of 

 tumours of the spinal cord. The exact dia- 

 gnosis of injuries of the spinal cord. 



