Seminal Emissions.—Prognosis excellent in cases uncomplicated by masturbation or excessive venery; in such cases bad until habits are changed.
Simple Continued Fever.—Always recovers. Usually drops one to two degrees shortly following correct adjustment, with amelioration of all symptoms.
Smallpox.—Infections vary in virulence. In temperate climates all phases are hastened by adjustment and tend to recover without sequelae. The milder smallpox due to infection by vaccination is also amenable to adjustment, and prompt handling will often prevent serious poisoning.
Splanchnoptosis.—Partial or marked relief is usual—and slow. Complete natural replacement of all viscera is the exception rather than the rule.
Splenic Enlargement.—Variable prognosis according to cause. Secondary enlargements due to systematic infection yield with the disappearance of the infection. Primary enlargements yield more readily as a rule, with exceptions. Malarial spleen is slow to reduce.
Splenitis.—Prognosis presumably good, but few authentic cases reported.
Spondylitis Deformans.—Prognosis favorable for slow, slight improvement, but not for complete cure.
Strabismus.—Excellent in young subjects, less than fair in patients over thirty.
Sunstroke.—Theoretically curable, but no experience.