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INDEX 



Nyctotherus faba, 508. 

 Nylander's test, 262. 



O 



Obesity, 151. 

 after menopause, 155. 

 after pregnancy, 155. 

 alcohol, a cause of, 155. 

 association of, with gout and diabetes, 



154. 

 Banting cure of, 70, 72, 73, 74, 163, 164, 



165, 166, 173, 175. 

 calory requirement in, 35. 

 clinical cases of, 171. 

 combination of, with gout, 171. 

 complications of, 69, 156. 

 composition of urine in, 157. 

 constitutional, 35. 

 cure of, by thyreoiodin, 194. 

 dangers of rapid reduction of, 68. 

 Debove's treatment of, 161. 

 degrees of, 68. 

 diagnosis of, 159. 

 diet in, 161. 



economy of food material in, 34. 

 effect of, on life insurance, 158. 

 effect of perspiration in, 26. 

 etiology of, 62, 153. 

 example of, 151. 

 fluids unlimited in, 75. 

 functional, 156. 

 gout, as caused by, 130. 

 Harvey's cure of, 70, 72, 163, 165. 

 in ancient times, 151, 152. 

 influence of, upon feminine fertility, 152. 



on mental powers, 159. 

 metabolism in, 34. 

 muscular exercise in, 173. 

 occurrence of, in convalescence, 155. 

 of adolescents, 154. 

 of eunuchs, 154. 

 of people of Munich, 155. 

 of the healthy, 68. 

 over-nutrition a cause of, 57. 

 plethoric, 62, 177. 

 predisposition to, 153, 154. 

 prognosis in, 157. 

 relation of, to gout, 144. 

 slow reduction of, 170. 

 stages of, 155. 

 thirst in, 170. 



Obesity, treatment of, 160, 175, 176. 

 by depletion, 162. 



under-nutrition in cure of, 69. 



value of exercise in, 173. 



various methods of cure of, 70, 163. 



views of Ebstein and Oertel on reduction 

 I of, 66. 



Odor of scorbutic fluid and tissue, 403, 406. 

 Oertel obesity cure, 174, 175. 

 Oertel's views of hemophilia, 425. 

 Oligsemia vera, 330. 

 Oligemia combined with chlorosis, 338. 

 Oligochromemia, 304, 326, 385. 

 Oligocythemia, 185, 250, 325, 385. 

 Oligoplasmia, 328. 

 Omagra, 125. 



Omentum, echinococcus of, 543. 

 Onychia scorbutica, 405. 

 Oophorin, use of, during the menopause, 166, 

 196, 197. 



for menstrual difficulties, 197. 

 Open air exercise, 67. 

 Ophthalmia, metastatic, 469. 

 Opium poisoning, acute and chronic, 696, 



596. 

 Opium smokers of China, 589. 

 Opotherapy, 196. 

 Oral cavity, amebse in, 506. 



bacilli in, 378, 394, 396. 



echinococcus in, 535. 



foul odor from, 403. 

 Orbit, echinococcus of, 636. 

 Orcin test, 263, 272. 

 Ord's cases of myxedema, 179. 

 Organic diseases, 331. 

 Organism, process of life in, a mystery, 49. 



waste in, 12. 

 Organotherapy, 189, 196, 224. 



employment of, since antiquity, 196. 

 in acromegalia, 242. 

 in anemia, 319. 

 in leukemia, 368. 



practice of, in China, 196. 



review of, 197, 198. 

 Organs, blood-forming, 310. 

 Orthopedic treatment, 259. 

 Orthopnea, 352. 



Osteoarthropathy, hypertrophic, 240. 

 Osteomyelitis, 257. 

 Ovarian extract, 165, 196, 197. 

 Ovarian therapy, 155, 196, 197. 

 Ovaries, echinococcus of, 543. 



