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Isolation in anthrax, 937 in diphtheria, 696 in the plague, 783 in rubeola, 578 in scarlet fever, 536 necessity of, in typhus fever, 361 principles of, in disease, 203

Jaborandi, use of, in scarlet fever, 552 in yellow fever, 650

Jaundice in relapsing fever, 391 in septicæmia venosa, 1012 complicating typhoid fever, 295 typhus fever, 356 in remittent fever, 601 in yellow fever, 646

Joints, chronic diseases of, following rubeola, 574 condition of, in glanders in man, 920 inflammation of, complicating erysipelas, 634 lesions of, in pyæmia, 967 purulent inflammation of, in puerperal fever, 990 suppuration of, in pyæmia, 976 swelling of, in cerebro-spinal meningitis, 814 in relapsing fever, 400

Jugular veins, pulsation of, significance in general diagnosis, 156

Juniper gin, use of, in wet beriberi, 1042

Kibbie's fever-cot, use of, in puerperal fever, 1034, 1035

Kidney affections, complicating diphtheria, 676 complications in hemorrhagic form of pernicious malarial fever, treatment, 612

Kidneys, lesions of, in anthrax in animals, 937 in man, 942 in cholera, 746 in diphtheria, 687 in pyæmia, 969 in rabies and hydrophobia, 903 in relapsing fever, 414 in scarlet fever, 526 in septicæmia, 972 in typhoid fever, 268 in typhus fever, 357

Koch's investigation of bacillus tuberculosis, 99 of cholera bacilli, 745-749 of bacteria of puerperal fever, 997

Lactic acid, use of, in diphtheria, 703

Lardaceous degeneration, 84

Laryngeal diphtheria, local treatment, 712 prognosis, 692

Laryngitis, complicating rubeola, 571 typhoid fever, 294

Larynx, inflammation of, complicating variola, 446 lesions of, in hydrophobia, 902 in relapsing fever, 413 in typhoid fever, 266 symptoms of diphtheria, 671

Latent form of typhoid fever, 300

Leeches, use of, in puerperal fever, 1031

LEPROSY, 785 Definition, 785 Synonyms, 785 History, 785 Etiology, 787 Heredity as a cause, 787, 788 Contagiousness, 788 Transmission, by inoculation, 788, 789 Sex as a cause, 789 Forms, 789 Symptoms--prodromal stage, 789 Duration of prodromal stage, 789 Tubercular form, 789 Local, 789 Eruptions, 789 Earlier eruptions, 790 Characteristic eruptions, 790 General, 790 Duration, 790 Anæsthetic form, 790 Local, 790 General, 791 Duration, 791 Morbid anatomy, 791 Changes in nerves, 791 Skin, 791 Bacteria, 792 Seat of bacteria, 792 Diagnosis, 792 Prognosis, 793 Treatment, 793 Futility of specific, in, 793 Indications, 793 Prophylaxis, 794 Segregation of afflicted, 794 Quarantine in, 794 Local, 794

Lesions characteristic of anthrax, 935

Lethargic form of rabies in dogs, 897

Leucocytes, death of, as a cause of thrombosis, 57 migration, 42

Leucocythæmia, complicating diphtheria, 675

Lime-water, use of, in diphtheria, 703

Limbs, significance of appearance in general diagnosis, 160

Listerine as a prophylactic in scarlet fever, 537

Liver, abscess of, following typhoid fever, 295 enlargement of, in pyæmia, 976 lesions of, in cholera, 745 in diphtheria, 687 in glanders, 918, 922 in pyæmia, 969 in remittent fever, 602 in relapsing fever, 414 in scarlet fever, 531 in typhoid fever, 265 in typhus fever, 357 in yellow fever, 649

Local dropsies, 71 lesions of glanders, 915, 921 symptoms of glanders in animals, 914 of glanders in man, 921 treatment of anthrax in animals, 938 of anthrax in man, 943 of diphtheria, 701, 709 of erysipelas, 637 of glanders in horse, 918 in man, 924 of pyæmia, 981 of septicæmia, 983

Lochial discharge, influence of, on causation of puerperal fever, 1015

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