Volume 3

The medical and surgical history of the war of the rebellion, (1861-65) / Prepared, in accordance with the acts of Congress, under the direction of Surgeon General, Joseph K. Barnes, United States Army.

  • United States. Surgeon General.
Date:
1870-88
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Credit: The medical and surgical history of the war of the rebellion, (1861-65) / Prepared, in accordance with the acts of Congress, under the direction of Surgeon General, Joseph K. Barnes, United States Army. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Aromatics— 811 Arsenic 823 Arsenic in clysters 826 Arthritis, use of the term by the Greek physicians 311 Astringents, abuse of 7G4 Astringent and drying remedies 701 Astringent and drying remedies, history of their early use- 761 Astringents, mineral 769 Astringents, mineral, as clysters 829 Astringents, vegetable 765 Astringents, vegetable, as clysters 829 Atmospheric moisture, its influence on the occurrence of fluxes 610 Atropia 752 Atropia as a diuretic 731 and 756 Atropia and morphia, antagonism of 754 Atropia combined with morphia, hypodermic use of 755 Autopsies, analysis of six, which appear to favor the opin- ion that the small intestine is the chief seat of lesion in diarrhoea 301 Autopsies, imperfect character of many of the 293 Autopsies of subjects dead of diarrhoea in which no intes- tinal lesion was recognized 294 Autopsies of subjects dead of diarrhoea in which the con- dition of the large intestine was not recorded 303 Autopsies of subjects dead of diarrhoea in which the inflam- matory lesions affected the large intestine only 309 Autopsies of subjects dead of diarrhoea in which the inflam- matory lesions affected both small and large intestines— 310 Autopsies of subjects dead of acute dysentery, analysis of- 153 Autopsies of subjects dead of chronic dysentery, analysis of 521 Bacteria and other low vegetable forms in normal f®ces— 278 Bacteria and other low vegetable forms recognized in nor- mal ficces by several observers 280 Bacteria and other low vegetable forms in the stools of acute diarrhoea 280 Bacteria and other low vegetable forms in the stools of acute dysentery 367 Bacteria and other low vegetable forms in the stools of chronic dysentery 4S7 Bacteria-fanatics 370 Bacteria in the sloughs of diphtheritic dysentery 473 Bacteria the alleged cause of dysentery 374 Bael fruit 680 Balsam of copaiba 816 Balsams of Peru and Tolu 815 Bands, peritoneal, giving rise to intestinal obstruction 510 Bark, Ashantee 766 Bark, cascarilla 796 Bark, Cota 766 Bark, oak 762 Bark, Peruvian; see cinchona bark. Bark, pine tree 766 Bark, simaruba 796 Bark, willow 805 Barley water 662 Bafyta, muriate of 824 Bath, hot 729 and 732 Baths, vapor, hot 732 Beans an alleged cause of fluxes — G29 Bed-sores rare in dysentery — 414 Beef — 678 Beef essence 670 Beef extract 671 Beef tea 670 Belladonna 752 Benzoin, compound tincture of 816 Betel nut , 824 Bezoar stone 729 Bile, morbid, an alleged cause of fluxes 633 Bile, quantity and appearance of, in subjects dead of chronic dysentery 558 Bile, quantity and appearance of, in subjects dead of diph- theritic dysentery 459 Bile, quantity and appearance of, in subjects dead of non- ulcerative intestinal inflammation 316 Bile, secretion of, alleged effect of calomel on 275 Page. Bile, secretion of, alleged effect of opium on 745 Bile, secretion of, increased by certain neutral salts 708 Bile, secretion of, increased by chloroform 759 Bile, secretion of, increased by corrosive sublimate 724 Bile, secretion of, increased by ipecacuanha 701 Bile, secretion of, increased by nitro-muriatic acid 813 Bilious dysentery as understood by the Greeks 392 Bilious dysentery of Degner 394 Bilious dysentery of Max. Stoll and modern writers 395 Bioplasm as the essence of contagion. 282 Bismuth as a cosmetic 788 Bismuth and ammonia, citrate of 795 Bismuth, early history of 786 Bismuth, flowers of 787 Bismuth, liquor of 795 Bismuth, magistery of 787 Bismuth, subcarbonate of. 795 Bismuth, subnitrate, clysters of 832 Bismuth, subnitrate of 786 Bismuth, subnitrate of, adulterations 793 Bismuth, subnitrate of, combination with other drugs 794 Bismuth, subnitrate of, in gastralgia 788 Bismuth, subnitrate of, its mode of action 790 Bismuth, subnitrate of, its pretended poisonous action 791 Bismuth, subnitrate of, its use in the fluxes 788 Bismuth, subnitrate of, limitations of its usefulness 793 Bismuth, sundry preparations of 795 Bismuth, tannate of 795 Bistort 765 Bitartrate of potash as a diuretic 734 Blackberries 680 Black disease of Hippocrates 358 Black-wash clysters 837 Blisters 840 Blood and bloody serum in dysenteric stools 357 Blood, chemical analysis of, in dysentery 515 Blood, microscopical examination of, in dysentery 515 Bloody dysentery, four varieties of Galen 337 Bloodletting 680 Bloodletting, local 683 Bladder, urinary, condition of, in subjects dead of chronic dysentery 562 Bladder, urinary, condition of, in subjects dead of diphthe- ritic dysentery 461 Blue pill 714 and 723 Bole, Armenian 762 and 785 Body, appearance of, after death from chronic dysentery — 529 Body, appearance of, after death from diarrhoea 314 Body, appearance of, after death from diphtheritic dysen- tery 456 Bones, calcined 785 Bones, pulverized 785 Brain and its membranes, conditions observed in subjects Brain and its membranes, conditions observed in subjects dead of intestinal ulceration 530 Brain and its membranes, conditions observed in subjects dead of non-ulcerative intestinal inflammation 314 Bricks, hot 729 Bromine 823 Bronchitis complicating acute diarrhoea 288 Bronchitis complicating acute dysentery 406 Bronchitis complicating chronic dysentery. 498 Bronchitis, lesions of, in subjects dead of chronic dysentery 531 Bronchitis, lesions of, in subjects dead of diphtheritic dys- entery 407 Bronchitis, lesions of, in subjects dead of non-ulcerative in- testinal inflammation 315 Broths and soups G70 Calcareous preparations 762 and 785 Calcium, sulpho-carbolate of 821 Calibre of large intestine diminished in some cases of chronic non-ulcerative inflammation 313 Calibre of large intestine diminished in some cases of chronic ulceration 515 Calomel 710 Calomel, alleged cliolagogue action of 275