Fibrillation, auricular, 133 ventricular, 138 Fibrolysin in treatment, 243 Fingernail palpation, 178 Finger tip palpation, 179 Flutter, auricular, 131 Food poisons in arteriosclerosis, 163 G Gibson's law, 154 H "H" wave, 126 Habits, personal, 234 Head injuries, blood pressure in, 148 Headache, 184 treatment of, 248 Heart block, 140 boundaries, 172 examination of, 172 hypertrophy of, 60 physical examination of, 172 stimulants, 243, 246, 259 symptoms, 188 Hemorrhages, blood pressure in, 118 Henle, membrane of, 29 Hill and Barnard's blood pressure instrument, 70 Hirschfelder's blood pressure instrument, 73 His, bundle of, 141, 197 Hygienic treatment, 230 Hyperpietic arteriosclerosis, 186 Hypertension, 60, 106, 169, 185, 249 cause of arteriosclerosis, 159 classification of cases, 112 Hypertrophy of left ventricle, 58 Hypotension, 117 I Incompetence, aortic, 61, 258 Indicanuria, 167 Infants, arteriosclerosis in, 158 Infectious diseases in arteriosclerosis, 163 blood pressure in, 153 Insomnia, treatment of, 248 Intermittent claudication, 192, 208 treatment of, 247 Intoxications, chronic drug, 166 Intracranial tension, 105 Involutionary arteriosclerosis, 187 Iodides in treatment, 238, 247, 259 K Kidney diseases, blood pressure in, 155 Kidneys, sclerosis of, 61, 170 L Life insurance, relation to, 249 Light percussion, 174 touch palpation, 175 Liver, cirrhosis, 64, 216 Local symptoms, 207 M Marey's blood pressure instrument, 70 Maximum pressure, 85, 94 Mean pressure, 85 Media, calcification of, 43, 59 Medicinal treatment, 238 Meningitis, blood pressure in, 118 Mental strain, 168 Mesaortitis, 45, 47, 49, 165 Mesentery, cross-section of small artery in, 56 Milk diet, 237 Minimum pressure, 86, 94 Moenckeberg type of arteriosclerosis, 43 Morphine in treatment, 243 Mosenthal test meal, 221 Muscular overwork, 169 N Nervous symptoms, 191 Nitrites in treatment, 240 Nitroglycerin in treatment, 241 Nodular arteriosclerosis, 32, 37 Normal blood pressure variation, 88 O Obstetrics, blood pressure in, 152 Occupation in arteriosclerosis, 162 Ocular symptoms, 190 Ophthalmic examination, importance in early diagnosis, 214, 256 Orthodiagraph, 173 Overeating, 167, 212, 225, 235 Overwork, muscular, 169 P "P" wave, 129 "P-R" interval, 130 Palpable arteries, 189 Palpation, 174, 180 fingernail, 178 finger tip, 179 light touch, 175 Pathology, 32 Percussion, 174 auscultatory, 175 light, 174 Peripheral symptoms, 207 Personal habits, 234 Phlebosclerosis, 64 Phthalein test, 221 Physical signs, 183 Physiology of the circulation, 65 Potain's blood pressure instrument, 70 Practical suggestions, 256