Under the first head we place inflamma-
tory attacks afiecting Brain (meningitis^),
Lungs (pneumonia). Pleura (pleuris}-),
Air-Passages (laryngitis, tracheitis, bron-
chitis), Heart (endocarditis, pericarditis),
Tonsils (quinsy), Throat (phar3mgitis),
Stomach (gastritis). Bowels (enteritis,
colitis, dj'sentery), Peritoneum (periton-
itis), Liver (hepatitis). Kidney (nephritis),
Bladder (cystitis), etc.
As Tox.EMic disorders may be men-
tioned: I. Those caused only by contact
or irioculation : Primary Syphilis, Gon-
ORRHCEA, Hydrophobia, Vaccinia. f 2.
EimptiveX diseases, which are contagious :
Small-Pox, Chicken-Pox, Scarlet Fe-
ver, Measles. 3. Allied affections to the
above, but not eruptive , although contagious:
Mumps and Whopping-Cough. 4. Diseases
generally epidemic or endemic: Typhoid
Fever, Typhus, Spotted (cerebro-spinal)
Fever, Erysipelas, Puerperal Fever,
Influenza, Diphtheria, Plague, and
Cholera. 5. E7ideinic and occasionally
epidemic ; Yellow Fever, .Relapsing
Fever, and Dengue. 6. Endemic and
' ' malarious' ' .• INTERMITTENT, REMITTENT ,
and Pernicious (congestive) Fever.
Of Cachectic affections, a part of the
long list will answer our purpose here. i.
Those which are always chronic (prolonged
indefinitely, tedious, not tending to re-
cover of themselves) : Anemia, Chlorosis,
Leukemia, General Dropsy, Tubercul-
osis, Diabetes, Constitutional Syphilis.
2. Acute or subacute (active, and of limited
duration): Scurvy, Gout, Inflammatory
Rheumatism, Pyemia, Septic Fever,
(septicaemia), etc. 3. Local cachexiae (de-
generations): as Cancer, Goitre, Brights'
Disease (of the kidneys). Fatty Heart,
Gin Liver, etc. 4. Skin-Diseases.
* Nearly always this term applies; meaning: inflamma-
tion of the inenibrarips o{\.\\*t b'-ain as well as of its substance.
t Glanders, sometimes taken from the horse, is another
of this group.
\ Physicians often call these exanthemata.
Nervous Disorders may also be only
in part named here: Apoplexy, Paralysis
(palsy), Epilepsy, Catalepsy, Hysteria,
Chorea (St. Vitus 's dance), Tetanus
(lock-jaw), Asthma, Angina Pectoris,
Locomotor Ataxy (one form of spine-
disease). Convulsions, Neuralgia, De-
lirium Tremens, (mania-a-potu) Insanity.
Of Uxclassifiable diseases, not easily
fitting in either of the above groups, there
are Dyspepsia, Cholera Morbus, Diar-
RHCEA, Colic, Jaundice, Hemorrhages,
Local Dropsies, Worms, etc.
Signs and Symptoms of Diseases.
On approaching a sick person, our first
question, whether put into words or not, is
naturall}^ Is there much the viatter f
Other inquiries follow, such as these :
Has he fever ? Is he very weak ? Is his
head clear ? Does he suffer pai7i anywhere ?
What organ ox function of his body is not as
it ought to be ?
So we proceed from one thing to another
in forming what doctors call a diagnosis of
a case. Experience makes such an exami-
nation more and more eas}^ rapid and efl&-
cient. A besetting temptation, even with
physicians, is, when enough has been found
out to give a probable name for the malady
of the patient, to conclude at once that this
is the whole matter, and that we know all
about his case. This cannot be true, how-
ever, unless we have carefully scrutinized
all his organs, or at least have satisfied our-
selves on good evidence as to the presence
or absence of disorder in them all.
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Under the first head we place inflamma-
tory attacks afiecting Brain (meningitis^),
Lungs (pneumonia). Pleura (pleuris}-),
Air-Passages (laryngitis, tracheitis, bron-
chitis), Heart (endocarditis, pericarditis),
Tonsils (quinsy), Throat (phar3mgitis),
Stomach (gastritis). Bowels (enteritis,
colitis, dj'sentery), Peritoneum (periton-
itis), Liver (hepatitis). Kidney (nephritis),
Bladder (cystitis), etc.
As Tox.EMic disorders may be men-
tioned: I. Those caused only by contact
or irioculation : Primary Syphilis, Gon-
ORRHCEA, Hydrophobia, Vaccinia. f 2.
EimptiveX diseases, which are contagious :
Small-Pox, Chicken-Pox, Scarlet Fe-
ver, Measles. 3. Allied affections to the
above, but not eruptive , although contagious:
Mumps and Whopping-Cough. 4. Diseases
generally epidemic or endemic: Typhoid
Fever, Typhus, Spotted (cerebro-spinal)
Fever, Erysipelas, Puerperal Fever,
Influenza, Diphtheria, Plague, and
Cholera. 5. E7ideinic and occasionally
epidemic ; Yellow Fever, .Relapsing
Fever, and Dengue. 6. Endemic and
' ' malarious' ' .• INTERMITTENT, REMITTENT ,
and Pernicious (congestive) Fever.
Of Cachectic affections, a part of the
long list will answer our purpose here. i.
Those which are always chronic (prolonged
indefinitely, tedious, not tending to re-
cover of themselves) : Anemia, Chlorosis,
Leukemia, General Dropsy, Tubercul-
osis, Diabetes, Constitutional Syphilis.
2. Acute or subacute (active, and of limited
duration): Scurvy, Gout, Inflammatory
Rheumatism, Pyemia, Septic Fever,
(septicaemia), etc. 3. Local cachexiae (de-
generations): as Cancer, Goitre, Brights'
Disease (of the kidneys). Fatty Heart,
Gin Liver, etc. 4. Skin-Diseases.
* Nearly always this term applies; meaning: inflamma-
tion of the inenibrarips o{\.\\*t b'-ain as well as of its substance.
t Glanders, sometimes taken from the horse, is another
of this group.
\ Physicians often call these exanthemata.
Nervous Disorders may also be only
in part named here: Apoplexy, Paralysis
(palsy), Epilepsy, Catalepsy, Hysteria,
Chorea (St. Vitus 's dance), Tetanus
(lock-jaw), Asthma, Angina Pectoris,
Locomotor Ataxy (one form of spine-
disease). Convulsions, Neuralgia, De-
lirium Tremens, (mania-a-potu) Insanity.
Of Uxclassifiable diseases, not easily
fitting in either of the above groups, there
are Dyspepsia, Cholera Morbus, Diar-
RHCEA, Colic, Jaundice, Hemorrhages,
Local Dropsies, Worms, etc.
Signs and Symptoms of Diseases.
On approaching a sick person, our first
question, whether put into words or not, is
naturall}^ Is there much the viatter f
Other inquiries follow, such as these :
Has he fever ? Is he very weak ? Is his
head clear ? Does he suffer pai7i anywhere ?
What organ ox function of his body is not as
it ought to be ?
So we proceed from one thing to another
in forming what doctors call a diagnosis of
a case. Experience makes such an exami-
nation more and more eas}^ rapid and efl&-
cient. A besetting temptation, even with
physicians, is, when enough has been found
out to give a probable name for the malady
of the patient, to conclude at once that this
is the whole matter, and that we know all
about his case. This cannot be true, how-
ever, unless we have carefully scrutinized
all his organs, or at least have satisfied our-
selves on good evidence as to the presence
or absence of disorder in them all.