A SYSTEM OF PRACTICAL MEDICINE BY AMERICAN AUTHORS. EDITED BY WILLIAM PEPPER, M.D., LL.D., PROVOST AND PROFESSOR OF THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF MEDICINE AND OF CLINICAL MEDICINE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. ASSISTED BY LOUIS STARR, M.D., CLINICAL PROFESSOR OF DISEASES OF CHILDREN IN THE HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. VOLUME II. GENERAL DISEASES (CONTINUED) AND DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM. PHILADELPHIA: LEA BROTHERS & CO. 1885. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1885, by LEA BROTHERS & CO., in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington. All rights reserved. WESTCOTT & THOMSON, _Stereotypers and Electrotypers, Philada._ WILLIAM J. DORNAN, _Printer, Philada._ CONTENTS OF VOLUME II. GENERAL DISEASES (CONTINUED). PAGE RHEUMATISM. By R. PALMER HOWARD, M.D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 GOUT. By W. H. DRAPER, M.D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 RACHITIS. By ABRAHAM JACOBI, M.D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 SCURVY. By PHILIP S. WALES, M.D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 PURPURA. By I. EDMONDSON ATKINSON, M.D. . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 DIABETES MELLITUS. By JAMES TYSON, A.M., M.D. . . . . . . . . . 195 SCROFULA. By JOHN S. LYNCH, M.D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 HEREDITARY SYPHILIS. By J. WILLIAM WHITE, M.D. . . . . . . . . . 254 DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM. DISEASES OF THE MOUTH AND TONGUE. By J. SOLIS COHEN, M.D. . . . 321 DISEASES OF THE TONSILS. By J. SOLIS COHEN, M.D. . . . . . . . . 379 DISEASES OF THE PHARYNX. By J. SOLIS COHEN, M.D. . . . . . . . . 390 DISEASES OF THE OESOPHAGUS. By J. SOLIS COHEN, M.D. . . . . . . 409 FUNCTIONAL AND INFLAMMATORY DISEASES OF THE STOMACH. By SAMUEL G. ARMOR, M.D., LL.D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436 SIMPLE ULCER OF THE STOMACH. By W. H. WELCH, M.D. . . . . . . . 480 CANCER OF THE STOMACH. By W. H. WELCH, M.D. . . . . . . . . . . 530 HEMORRHAGE FROM THE STOMACH. By W. H. WELCH, M.D. . . . . . . . 580 DILATATION OF THE STOMACH. By W. H. WELCH, M.D. . . . . . . . . 586 MINOR ORGANIC AFFECTIONS OF THE STOMACH (Cirrhosis; Hypertrophic Stenosis of Pylorus; Atrophy; Anomalies in the Form and the Position of the Stomach; Rupture; Gastromalacia). By W. H. WELCH, M.D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611 INTESTINAL INDIGESTION. By W. W. JOHNSTON, M.D. . . . . . . . . 620 CONSTIPATION. By W. W. JOHNSTON, M.D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 638 ENTERALGIA (INTESTINAL COLIC). By W. W. JOHNSTON, M.D. . . . . . 658 ACUTE INTESTINAL CATARRH (DUODENITIS, JEJUNITIS, ILEITIS, COLITIS, PROCTITIS). By W. W. JOHNSTON, M.D. . . . . . . . . . 667 CHRONIC INTESTINAL CATARRH. By W. W. JOHNSTON, M.D. . . . . . . 699 CHOLERA MORBUS. By W. W. JOHNSTON, M.D. . . . . . . . . . . . . 719