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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1865. Excerpt: ... CACHEXIA, the, of early life, 712 Calculus, frequency of, in childhood, 689--symptoms of, 690--treatment of, 691 Cancer of brain, 164--kidney, 707--liver, 706--lung, 707 Cancrum oris, 562, 564 (see Stomatitis, gangrenous) Case-taking, rules for, 8 Castor Oil, use of small doses of, in diarrhoea, 641 Catarrh, influence of age and of season of year in iis production, 301--its special importance in infancy, 315--symptoms of, 302--treatment of, 302--. epidemic, or Influenza, 326--Suffocative, 317 (see Brochilis, ca-pillary) ephalhaematoma, its characters and changes, 57--case illustrating process of cure of, 59--diagnosis and treatment of, 60--subaponeurotic, 60 Cerebral Circulation, its peculiarities in infancy, 28--Congestion, 38 (see Congestion of the Brain)--Hemorrhage, 53 frequent cause of asphyxia, 54 generally capillary, 54 into Substance of Brain, 65 capillary in cases of tubercle, 67 into Sac of Arachnoid, 57, 61 treatment of, 67 external to Skull, 57 (seeCephalhe-matoma)--Respiration, meaning of the term, 32 Chest, elasticity of walls of, 274--examination of, in sick children, 5 Chicken-pox, essential differences from Small pox, and symptoms, 766 relation of, to hooping-cough, 455 Children, high mortality of, 1--peculiarities of their diseases, 2--rules for conducting examination of, 3--feebleness of inspiratory power in, 273--imperfect expansion of lungs in new-born, 275--rules for treatment of their diseases, 14 Chlorate of potash, in treatment of sto-matitis, 557, 564 Chloroform in treatment of convulsions, 199 hooping-cough, 465 Chorea, rare in early childhood, 215 Chorea, influence of sex and other causes in producing it, 216--symptoms of, 219--affection of heart in, 220--duration of, 224--morbid appearances in, 223--treatment of, 224--use of s...
