Chapter 85

Alcohol, influence on causation of acute meningitis,

716

of cerebral hyperæmia,

765

of intracranial hemorrhage and apoplexy,

929

,

933

of tabes dorsalis,

854

of writers' cramp,

512

use of, in alcoholism,

642

,

644

in cerebral anæmia,

789

in heat-exhaustion,

388

in insomnia,

380

,

381

in the chloral habit,

677

in the opium habit,

673

,

675

in thermic fever,

397

Alcoholic abuse as a cause of epilepsy,

472

insanity,

175

,

202

,

630-633

A

LCOHOLISM

,

573

Classification,

573

Definition,

573

Diagnosis,

637

of acute alcoholism,

637

of chronic alcoholism,

638

of dipsomania,

639

of hereditary alcoholism,

639

Etiology,

575

Alcohol, physiological action of,

580

,

586

Alcoholic beverages, varieties and characters of,

578-580

Exciting causes,

578

Heredity, influence on causation,

576

Moral, social, and personal condition, influence on causation,

575

,

578

Predisposing causes,

575

History,

574

Pathological Action of Alcohol

,

586

Acute Alcoholism

,

586-598

Symptoms,

587

Effects in persons of unsound mind,

594

Effects of different alcohols,

589-591

of acute narcotic poisoning,

597

of acute poisoning in lethal doses,

596

of convulsive form,

593

of corrosive poisoning,

596

of irregular form,

592

of maniacal form,

592

of ordinary form,

587

Pathological anatomy,

595

Varieties,

588

Chronic Alcoholism

,

598-633

Symptoms, anatomical changes, etc.,

599

Alcoholic cachexia in,

616

Atheroma in,

612

Biliary catarrh in,

607

Blood, disorders of,

615

Blood-vessels, disorders of,

612

Cerebral,

616

Delirium, alcoholic, and delirium tremens,

626

,

630

Dyspeptic,

601

,

602

Genito-urinary disorders,

612-614

Glands, disorders of,

602

Heart, disorders of,

610-612

Insanity, alcoholic,

630-633

Intestinal disorders,

601

Kidneys, disorders of,

613

Larynx, disorders of,

607

Liver, disorders of,

603-607

Locomotive apparatus, disorders of,

614

Lungs, disorders of,

608

Moral sense, perversion of,

624

Motion, disorders of,

620

Mouth and throat, disorders of,

599

Muscles, disorders of,

614

Nervous system, disorders of,

616

Obesity in,

615

Paralysis, alcoholic,

621

Pleuræ, disorders of,

610

Psychical disorders,

624

Respiratory system, disorders of,

607

Sensibility, general, disorders of,

619

Skin, disorders of,

615

Special sense, disorders of,

622

Spinal disorders,

619

Stomach, disorders of,

600

Tremor in,

620

Visceral derangements,

599

Will and intellect in,

625

Dipsomania

,

635

Symptoms and nature,

636

,

637

Hereditary Alcoholism

,

symptoms and forms

,

634

Prognosis,

639

Synonyms,

573

Treatment,

640

Alcohol, withdrawal of,

642

,

644

Ammonia, use of,

641

,

642

,

645

Baths and douches, use of,

641

,

642

,

643

Bromides, use of,

642

,

645

,

646

Cannabis indica, piscidia, and hyoscyamus, use of,

645

Chloral, use of,

641

,

645

,

646

Coca and cocaine, use of,

643

,

646

Diet in,

643

,

644

Emetics in,

642

Iron, use of,

643

Hypophosphites and cod-liver oil, use of,

644

,

646

of acute form,

641

of chronic form,

642

of delirium tremens,

644

of dipsomania and hereditary forms,

645

Paraldehyde, use of,

641

,

642

,

645

,

646

Prophylaxis,

640

,

642

Quinia and opium, use of,

642

,

643

,

645

,

646

Strychnia, use of,

641

,

643

,

646

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