Part 1

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.

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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