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Simple form of yellow fever, treatment, 649

Singultus in pyæmia, 975 in septicæmia, 977 significance of, in general diagnosis, 158

Skin, alterations in sensibility of, in cerebro-spinal meningitis, 808 anæsthesia of, in beriberi, 1039 appearance of, in typhoid fever, 273 character of lesions in erysipelas, 631 chronic diseases of, following rubeola, 574 color of, in cholera, 737 condition of, in cholera, 736 in influenza, 866 in septicæmia, 977 coolness of, in cerebro-spinal meningitis, treatment, 831 diseases of, complicating vaccination, 471 effects on course of erysipelas, 634 following vaccination, 471 disorders of, complicating rubeola, 570 eruptions of, complicating cholera, 735 in pyæmia, 974 erysipelas of, migration, 632 hyperæsthesia of, in typhus fever, 352 lesions of, in erysipelas, 635 course of, 631 in leprosy, 791 in remittent fever, 603 in rubeola, 575 morbid anatomy of lesions of, in variola, 446 odor of, in typhoid fever, 273 in typhus fever, 352 significance of color of, in general diagnosis, 159 swelling of, in erysipelas, 632

Skunk-bites as cause of rabies and hydrophobia, 889

Slaking lime, use of, in diphtheria, 703

Sleep, danger of prolonged, in nasal diphtheria, 712

Sleeplessness in idiopathic parotitis, treatment, 625

Small-pox, 434 black, 442 freedom of liability to, from race-protection, 130

Sodium benzoate, use of, in pertussis, 847 chloride, venous injection of, in cholera, 762, 768 hyposulphite, use of, in relapsing fever, 428 salicylate, use of, in diphtheria, 707 in puerperal fever, 1032 in scarlet fever, 543 in typhoid fever, 330 sulpho-carbolate as a prophylactic in scarlet fever, 537

Softening, cerebral, from embolism, 65 mucous, 82

Soil, character of, as cause of disease, 187 composition of, 187 diminished dryness of, a cause of phthisis, 187 drainage of, for prevention of anthrax, 937 of disease, 226 examination, 188 filtering power, 187 humidity of, as a cause of cholera, 722

Soils, alkaline, relation of, to causation of anthrax, 930

Soil-pipes, importance of position of, 188 tests as to their efficiency, 190 ventilation of, 189

Solitary glands, lesions of, in typhoid fever, 261

Spasm of pharyngeal and respiratory muscles in hydrophobia, 899

Special senses, perversion of, in relapsing fever, 386 in typhus fever, 349

Specific origin of anthrax, 720, 726 of cholera, 727 of glanders, 911 of rötheln, 583 of yellow fever, 640

Speech, impairment of, following cerebro-spinal meningitis, 820

Spinal cord, lesions of, in cerebro-spinal meningitis, 823 marrow, lesions of, in cholera, 746 rigidity in cerebro-spinal meningitis, 809

Spirillum, 142 of relapsing fever, 373

Spleen, condition of, in relapsing fever, 391 enlargement of, in pyæmia, 976 lesions of, in anthrax in animals, 935 in man, 942 in cholera, 746 in diphtheria, 687 in glanders, 922 in hydrophobia, 903 in pyæmia, 969 in relapsing fever, 416 in remittent fever, 602 in septicæmia, 972 in typhoid fever, 264 in typhus fever, 357 rupture of, in relapsing fever, 403

Spontaneous cow-pox, 456 origin of pyæmia, 959 of typhoid fever, 254

Stages of yellow fever, 645

Standards of purity of water, 184

Starvation and over-crowding as causes of relapsing fever, 370

Steam, use of, in diphtheria, 701

Sthenic inflammation, 46

Stimulants, use of, in diphtheria, 695 in relapsing fever, 431 in rubeola, 580 in variola, 453

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