Volume 2

A system of medicine / edited by J. Russell Reynolds.

Date:
1870-1872
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Credit: A system of medicine / edited by J. Russell Reynolds. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of gastrodynia, 808, 819 : suppression of, a cause of haematemesis, 972 ; of spinal congestion, 649 ; of somnambu- lism, 125. Mercurial tremor, 352. Mercury, value of, in treatment of acute gastritis, 885, 886 ; of chronic gas- tritis, 907 ; of chronic hydrocephalus, 415 ; of insanity, 66 ; of meningitis, 379; of syphilitic disease of the brain, 519 ; contra-indicated in ulcer of the sto- mach, 948. Mesmerism, the theory of, 119. Metallic tremor, article on, 352 ;• includ- ing synonyms, ib. ; definition, ib.; mercurial tremor, causes, ib. ; symp- toms, 354 ; course and prognosis, 358 ; diagnosis, ib.; pathology and morbid anatomy, 359 ; treatment, ib.; lead tremors, 361; symptoms, 362 ; pro- gnosis, ib.; diagnosis and treatment, 363. Microscopic appearances, of the brain, in abscess of the brain, 572; in conges- tion, 437 ; in softening, 477 ; of nodes in the dura mater, 374 ; of the muscles, in wasting palsy, 342 ; of the spinal cord, in locomotor ataxy, 674 ; in te- tanus, 664 ; in wasting palsy, 344 ; of the stomach, in acute gastritis, 879 ; in chronic gastritis, 903 ; in scirrhus, 960. Middle cerebral artery, embolism of, 467. Migraine, or sick headache, 741, 869. Miliary aneurisms in the brain, see “ Aneurisms.” Milk diet, in treatment of gastric ulcer, 943. Mind, state of, in chronic alcoholism, 153 ; in chorea, 188 ; in congestion of the brain, 426 ; in chronic cerebral soften- ing, 459 ; in delirium tremens, 157 ; in epileptics, 311 ; in general paralysis, 41; in hypochondriasis, 72 ; in hyste- ria, 89 ; in locomotor ataxy, 679 ; in torticollis, 794. Mineral acids, the, in treatment of atonic dyspepsia, 840 ; in phthisical dyspep- sia, 907. Moisture of the atmosphere, relation of, to the occurrence of sunstroke, 135. Monomania, course and symptoms, 29; prognosis, 59 ; treatment, 67 ; relation of, to mania, 28 ; to dementia, 29. Monomanie, instinctive et raisonnante, 34. Moral imbeciles, 35. Moral insanity, 25, 33 ; diagnosis, 47 ; treatment of, 67. Morbid sleep, causes of, 123. Morning sickness, from alcoholism, 154. Morphia, value of, in treatment, see “ Opium hypodermic injection of, see “ Hypodermic injection.” Mortality, the, from convulsions, 272 ; Irom insanity, 61 ; from paralysis agi- tans, 239 ; from sunstroke, 138 ; amongst workers in mercury, 357. Motorial phenomena, abnormal, in epilep- tics, 313, 316 ; in congestion of the brain, 427; in hysteria, 92 ; in me- ningitis, 392 ; in softening of the brain, 451. Mouth, distortion of the, in cerebral hae- morrhage, 539; in facial paralysis, 774 ; in tetanus, 655. Movement cure, the, efficacy of, in chorea, 218 ; in myelitis, 644. Movement, relation of, to pain, in cerebral meningitis, 368 ; in spinal meningitis, 623 ; in neuralgia, 746. Muscae volitantes, in chronic alcoholism, 152 ; in congestion of the brain, 426. Muscles, electrical state of, see “ Electric condition.” Muscles chiefly or primarily affected, in alcoholism, 152 ; in chorea, 187 ; in general paralysis of the insane, 40, 699 ; in general spinal paralysis, 700 ; in hysterical paralysis, 93, 701 ; in lead palsy, 362 ; in mercurial tremor, 354 ; in paralysis agitans, 225 ; in in- fantile paralysis, 709 ; in wasting palsy, 337, 339 ; in writer’s cramp, 244. Muscles, prolonged contraction of, in spinal irritation, 692; spasmodic con- tractions of, in tetanus, 655. Muscular anaesthesia, article on, 328 ; dia- gnosis of, from locomotor ataxy, 331 ; relation of,- to paraplegia, 329, 330. Muscular atrophy, progressive, 334 ; dia- gnosis of, from infantile paralysis, 710 ; from injury to nerve-trunks, 773 ; from lead-poisoning, 341. Muscular sense, the, 331 ; loss of, in gene- ral paralysis, 41; in locomotor ataxy, 676 ; hallucinations of, in mania, 26“ Muscular tremor from alcoholism, 152 ; from mercurial poisoning, 354 ; from paralysis agitans, 225. Myalgia, diagnosis of, from neuralgia, 757. Myelitis, article on, 629 ; including symp- toms, ib.; post-mortem appearances, 639; causes, 640; diagnosis, 641 ; prognosis and treatment, 642. Myelitis convulsiva, 192. ETaphtha, in treatment of chorea, 216. Narcotics, in treatment of acute mania, 66 ; of infantile convulsions, 274 ; of delirium tremens, 169. Negroes predisposed to tetanus, 666. Nerves, division of, for cure of neuroma 731 ; of neuralgia, 769. Nervous constitution or diathesis, the, pre- disposes to alcoholism, 150; to insanity, 12 ; to spinal irritation, 694 : relation of, to hysteria, 84. Nervous system, disorders of, produced by dyspepsia generally, 819, 820 ; by