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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    Spinal induration, 714 ; a result of myeli- tis, 640. Spinal irritation, article on, 685 ; including symptoms, 686 ; post-mortem appear- ances, 695 ; causes, 696 ; diagnosis, ib. ; prognosis and treatment, 697. Spinal nerves, physiology of the, 605. Spinal paralysis, general, symptoms of, 699 ; treatment, 701. Spinal tenderness, localized, a symptom of hysteria, 90 ; of spinal irritation, 688, 691 ; absence of, in myelitis, 636 ; in spinal congestion, 648 ; in spinal meningitis, 625. Spleen, disease of the, 69. Stammering in mercurial poisoning, 353, 355 ; relation of, to chorea, 198. Starvation, see “'Food, deficiency of.” Status epilepticus, 279. Stenosis, see “Stricture.” Stertorous breathing, in sunstroke, 136 ; value of, in prognosis of cerebral hae- morrhage, 547. Stiffness, muscular, see “Rigidity.” Stimulants, abuse of, in hysteria, 95, 150 ; in neuralgia, 149, 767 : excess of, a cause of congestion of the brain, 431; predispose to sunstroke, 129 : value of, in treatment of chorea, 217 ; of delirium tremens, 171 ; of gastritis, 884, 887 ; of infantile convulsions, 274: see also “Alcohol.” Stomach, the, amyloid degeneration of, 904 ; dilatation of, 980 ; foreign bodies in, 806; hypertrophy of, 975; rupture of, 992 ; stricture of, 921 ; post-mortem softening of, 968 ; tubercle of, 933. Stomach, acidity of the, causes of, 814 ; complicates atonic dyspepsia, 841 ; treatment of, 842, 887. Stomach, cancer of the, article on, 949 ; including definition, history, and eti- ology, 949; symptoms, 951 ; duration, 958 ; prognosis, ib. ; diagnosis, 965; treatment, 968. Stomach, disorders of the, causing vertigo, 177 ; treatment of, 182. Stomach, functional disorders of the, article on, 805 ; including disorders of sensation, 805 ; of movement, 809 ; of secretion, 814; of digestion, 817. Stomach, haemorrhage from the, article on, 970; including causes, ib.; diagnosis, 972 ; symptoms, prognosis, and treat- ment, 974. Stomach, neuroses of the, article on, 844 ; including definition and synonyms, ib. ; etiology, ib. ; symptoms, 847 ; prognosis, 854 ; pathology, 855; dia- gnosis, 857 ; treatment, 858. Stomach, pain in the, causes of, generally, 806 ; from cancer, 953 ; from neuralgia, 848, 857 ; from ulcer, 930 ; at the pit of, in tetanus, 655. Stomach, perforation of the, 992; from cancer, 963; from ulcer, 922 ; symp- toms of, 937 ; frequency, 939; dia- gnosis, 942 ; treatment, 948. Stomach-pump, use of the, in obstruction of the pylorus, 985. Stomach, stricture of the, 921 ; of the cardiac orifice, 977. Stomach, ulcer of the, article on, 912 ; including definition and synonyms, ib. ; history, ib. ; etiology, 913 ; morbid anatomy, 917; pathology and pathenogenesis, 926 ; symptoms, 930 ; course and duration, 938 ; prognosis, ib.; diagnosis, 940 ; treatment, ib. Stools, character of the, in atonic dys- pepsia, 829 ; in acute gastritis, 871; in chronic gastritis, 894 ; after hae- morrhage into the stomach, 934, 972. Strabismus, causes of, 789 ; occurs after fits in children, 264; in chronic hydro- cephalus, 412 ; in locomotor ataxy, 677 ; in meningitis, 370, 391 ; in soft- ening of the brain, 452. Strumous disease of the vertebra, dia- gnosis of, from spinal irritation, 696. Strychnia, poisoning by, diagnosis of, from tetanus, 667 ; value of, in treatment of alcoholism, 168 ; of atonic dyspepsia, 838; of chorea, 213 ; of myelitis, 643. Sugar, useful in atonic dyspepsia, 836 ; to be avoided in neuralgia, 767 ; in gastric ulcer, 944 ; increased production of, in the liver of drunkards, 165. Suicide, tendency to, in abscess of the brain, 575 ; in chronic alcoholism. 156 ; in melancholia, 19, 22. Sulphur baths, in treatment of mercurial tremor, 361 ; of lead-poisoning, 363. Sunstroke, article on, 128; including definition, ib. ; synonyms and history, ib. ; etiology, 132 ; symptoms, 136 ; diagnosis, 137; pathology, ib.; morbid anatomy, 138 ; mortality, ib. ; pro- gnosis and prophylaxis, 139; treat- ment, 140; of sequelse, 141. Sympathetic epilepsy, 730. Syncope, diagnosis of, from epilepsy, 319 ; from congestive apoplexy, 433: in hysteria, 89. Syphilis, a cause of abscess of the brain, 571 ; of chronic gastritis, 892; of in- fantile convulsions, 207 ; of insanity, 15; of local paralysis, 773; of spinal meningitis, 627 ; of neuralgia, 763 ; of paralysis agitans, 234; of sciatica, 752 ; of ulcer of the stomach, 917 ; of wasting palsy, 337. Syphilitic disease of the brain, diagnosis of, 284 ; a cause of convulsions, 290. Syphilitic mania, pathology of, 55. Syphilitic meningitis, 374; tumours in the brain, 502.