TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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Preface to German Edition iii 



Preface to American Edition vii 



Introduction i 



Definition of Patholog}' ; Conceptions of Disease ; Pro- 

 cesses of Disease. 



History of Pathology lo 



Disposition Toward Disease i6 



Predisposition and Immunity ; Defensive Mechanisms 

 of the Body. 



Congenital and Inherited Disease 30 



Placental, Intrauterine Origin of Disease; Germinal 

 Variation ; Germinative Predisposition ; Hereditary 

 Conditions. 



Causes of Disease ' 35 



Disturbances of Nutrition and Alimentation 36 



Respiratory Disturbances 38 



Excessive Functional Activity . . . ". 40 



Thermic Influences 41 



Chilling- 45 



Electrical Agencies 48 



Mechanical and Traumatic Agencies 49 



Chemical or Toxic Agents 50 



Microbic or Infectious Agents 54 



Animal Parasites 76 



Course and Termination of Disease 91 



Symptoms, Diagnosis, Natural and x\rtificial ]Means of 

 Recovery, Death. 



Circulatory Disturbances 106 



Disturbance;^ of Cardiac Efficiency 106 



Local Variations in Amount of Blood in a part (Hy-. 



persemia, Anaemia) 109 



