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Polyarticular form of rheumatoid arthritis, 80 inflammations of acute diseases, relation of, to acute rheumatism, 23

Polyphagia, in dilatation of stomach, 593

Polypi, as a cause of hemorrhage from bowels, 831 influence on causation of prolapse of rectum, 881 of rectum, 882 treatment, 921 of stomach, 578

Polypoid growths, formation and origin of, in chronic intestinal catarrh, 704

Polyuria in irregular gout or gouty dyscrasia, 120, 123

Pomegranate-bark, use of, in tape-worm, 941

Pork measle-worm, 935

Portal circulation, obstructed, influence on causation of chronic gastritis, 470 obstruction of, a cause of ascites, 1173 vein, changes in, in hepatic hyperæmia, 985 congestion of, as a cause of hemorrhage from stomach, 581 diseases of, 1095 parasites in, 1111 stenosis of, 1095 symptoms of pressure of, in disease of pancreas, 1116 thrombosis and embolism of, 1075 lesions of, in cirrhosis of liver, 992

Post-mortem, nature of gastromalacia, 618

Potassium bromide, in acute intestinal catarrh of children, 698 in diabetes, 227 in laryngismus stridulus, 163 chlorate, influence on causation of glossitis parasitica, 358 local use of, in hemorrhoids, 923 in morbid dentition, 376 in acute pharyngitis, 397-399 use of, in aphthous stomatitis, 330, 331 in mercurial stomatitis, 348 in stomatitis ulcerosa, 338 in glossitis parasitica, 359 citrate, use of, in muscular rheumatism, 77 iodide, in pseudo-membranous enteritis, 775 in scrofula, 252 in syphilis, hereditary, 316 in syphilitic pharyngitis, 408 salts, use of, in gout, 132 in acute rheumatism, 60

Pouched form of dilatation of oesophagus, 431

Pouches, rectal, dilatation of, 885

Poultices, use of, in acute intestinal catarrh, 688, 690 in abscess of liver, 1023 in acute rheumatism, 68 in muscular rheumatism, 76 in rheumatoid arthritis, 100 in tonsillitis, 388 in simple ulcer of stomach, 527 in typhlitis, 822

Poverty, influence of, on causation of gout, 110, 111 of rheumatoid arthritis, 91 of simple ulcer of stomach, 486 of tabes mesenterica, 1186

Pre-digested foods, use of, in intestinal indigestion, 635

Predisposing causes of cholera morbus, 720 of functional dyspepsia, 438 of gout, 109 of scrofula, 232

Pregnancy, influence on causation of functional dyspepsia, 448 of acute yellow atrophy of liver, 1024 of fatty liver, 1047 of spasmodic stricture of oesophagus, 419 of rheumatoid arthritis, 90 of aphthous stomatitis, 326 and lactation, influence on causation of scrofula, 237

Preliminary treatment of tape-worm, 941

Premonitory symptoms of jaundice, 977

Pre-natal treatment of rachitis, 158

Prevention of hereditary syphilis by treatment of parents, 260, 261

Preventive treatment of cholera morbus, 724 of enteralgia, 665 of entero-colitis and cholera infantum, 746 of chronic intestinal catarrh, 714, 715 of morbid dentition, 376 of rachitis, 158 of hereditary syphilis, 314 of scrofula, 249 of mercurial stomatitis, 347 of tabes mesenterica, 1193 of thrush, 335

Primary disease of rectum and anus, 881 form of cancer of liver, 1034

Privation and want, influence on causation of functional dyspepsia, 441

Procidentia of rectum, 881

Proctitis, 667, 684. See Rectum and Anus, Diseases of. influence on causation of abscess of liver, 1004

Prodromal symptoms of gout, 118

Prodromata of typhlitis and perityphlitis, 818