Index
Amoeba, 13
Anthrax, 109
Antitoxin, 154
Bacteria, 116
adaptation in, 123
ærobic, 122
anærobic, 122
artificial cultivation of, 119
distribution in nature, 121
growth and reproduction, 118
mode of action in disease, 144
size, 117
spore formation, 118
substances affecting growth of, 123
toxin production by, 144
variations in, 123
Blood, 35
circulation of, 33, 80
vessels, 32
Body, 22
defenses of, 146
organs of, 28
reserve force of, 50
surfaces of, 22
Brain, 31
Cerebro-spinal meningitis, 188
Chemotropism, 93
Cretinism, 37
Darwinism, 240
Death, 57
decomposition after, 51
rigor after, 60
signs of, 59
Disease, 1
action of poisons, 44
acute and chronic, 219
industrialism as factor in, 243
lesions of, 46
superstitions concerning, 10
urban life as factor in, 244
wealth and poverty as factors in, 246
Ductless glands, 37
Embryo, 77
Epilepsy, 209
Eugenics, 215
Foetus, 32
infection of, 200
Foot and Mouth Disease, 129
Glands, 22
Growth, 62
Heart, 33, 221
disease of, 223
Heliotropism, 93
Heredity, 197
influence of alcohol, 206
of insanity, 209
variations and imitations, 204
Hookworm disease, 179
Immunity, 148
theories of, 149
natural, 150
Infection, 135
from external surface, 136
from genito-urinary surface, 137
from lungs, 138
from mouth, 138
from stomach and intestines, 139
from wounds, 141
in children, 195
in wild animals, 191
latent, 166
mixed, 160
racial susceptibility to, 191
resistance to, 143
by air, 170
by insects, 171
Infectious diseases, 97
carriers of, 185
comparison with fermentation, 108
epidemics of, 98
endemic, epidemic and sporadic forms, 188
modes of transmission, 161
Inflammation, 80
acute and chronic, 95
Injury, 54-74
Insanity, 231
causes of, 232
question of increase, 235
Lesion, 17
Leucocytes, 36
migration of, 92
Living matter, 10
Malaria, 175
rôle of mosquito in transmitting, 178
Malformations, 211
heredity of, 215
Maternal impressions, 212
Nervous system, 228
disease of, 230
effect of social life on, 233
Neurasthenia, 238
Old age, 51
atrophy in, 51
blood vessels in, 54
causes of death in, 56
in animals and plants, 55
mental activity in, 53
Osmosis, 91
Opsonius, 153
Ovum, 201
fertilization of, 198
infection of, 199
Phagocytosis, 86
Plague, 182
transmission by animals, 183
Plasmodium Malariae, 175
Preventive medicine, 242
Protozoa, 124
distribution in nature, 125
mode of growth, 125
sexual differentiation, 125
spore formation, 125
Polyomyelitis, 190
Repair, 46
conditions influencing, 47
Scar, 49
Skin, 21
Sleeping sickness, 173
Smallpox, 187
Spontaneous generation, 106
Sunburn, 83
Syphilis, 193
Tetanus, 142
Thymus, 52
Thyroid, 37
Tonsils, 52
Toxins, 144
Tropisms, 93
Trypanosomes, 172
Tuberculosis, 163
infection by sputum, 169
modes of extension, 163
Tumors, 64
benign and malignant, 69
cells of, 66
color, size and shape, 65
growth of, 65
importance of, 77
origin of, 66
question of increase, 69
theories of cause, 71
treatment of, 77
Typhoid fever, 170
Ultra-microscopic organisms, 128
Virus, 128
Yellow fever, 178