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“Capillary resistance test,”212,257

Carbohydrates,34,59

“Cardiorespiratory syndrome,”200

Cardiovascular system,199

Carrots, antiscorbutic value of,159,160

Central nervous system, gross pathology,93microscopic pathology,104

Cereals, antiscorbutic value of,170germinated,167

Cerebrospinal fluid,203

Chlorides,242–247

Citric acid theory,23

Climate,55

Complement, effect of scurvy on,69

Complexion, characteristic change in,176,184

Complications of scurvy,182,202,205,217

Constipation,27,118–122,207

Cord, spinal, pathology,93,104

Creatinine,244

Cure,236

D

Death, causes of,179,227

Deficiency diseases, general discussion,63, 248

Diagnosis,176,219

Diastase, blood content of,244

Diet, general,59

Digestive disturbances,78

Diphtheria, antitoxin in blood,68as complication of scurvy,217

Drying, effect on vitamines of,66

Duodenum, pathology,89

Dysentery,59,182

E

Economic status,55

Eczema,195

Edema,178,184,196hunger,256war,256

Eggs, antiscorbutic value of,168

Endocrine organs, gross pathology,92microscopic pathology,104extracts of, as preventive,172theory of vitamine action,72

Epidemics,2,217

Epiphyses, separation of,96,181,198

Etiology,35exciting factors in,60

Excretion of vitamine,77

Expeditions, scurvy in Arctic,10

Experimental scurvy,111pathogenesis,116pathology,122symptoms,135

Exudative diathesis,59,256

Eyeball, proptosis,193

F

Familial tendency,58

Fats, in diet, effect on scurvy,59

Fever,181,216

Fœtus, effect of scorbutic diet on,125

Food, excess of,257

Foods, antiscorbutic,143,149proprietary,49

Fractures,95

Frost-bite,180

Fruit juices,153

Fruits, fresh,144

G

Generative organs, pathology,104

Glands, endocrine,72changes in,73,92,104

Glucose, blood content of,244

Grapes, antiscorbutic value of,158

Growth in scurvy,213

Guinea-pig scurvy,112,114

Guinea-pig pathogenesis,116pathology,122relation to human,115symptoms,135

Gums,177,181,184in infantile scurvy,189pathology of,89,100

H

Hair, changes in,194

Heart,200gross pathology,87microscopic pathology,99

Heat, effect on vitamine of,65

Hemorrhages,180,189as early symptoms,178distribution of,84gastric,208orbital,193subperiosteal,95,191urinary,204

History of scurvy,1

Hog, effect of scorbutic diet on,115

Hypophysis,104

I

Infantile scurvy, history,10in artificially fed,40in breast-fed,35increase during World War,21–22relation to epidemic scurvy of adults,15,37relation to rickets,11,110,252symptomatology,183

Infection, as exciting factor,60,218increased liability to,68effect on prognosis,227

Intestines, gross pathology,90microscopic pathology,100

Intravenous use of orange juice,238

Irregularities in course of deficiency diseases,78

J

Jaundice,208

Joints, lesions of,199

K

Kidneys, gross pathology,91microscopic pathology,102

L

Latent scurvy,179,183,187

Laxatives, failure to cure with,28,207

Lemon juice, antiscorbutic value of,153,234dried,155,232ration in British Navy,9,144

Lentils, value as antiscorbutic,167,231

Lice, theory of transmission of scurvy by,30

Lime juice, antiscorbutic value of,156fallacy in regard to,149use in British Navy,144

Liver, gross pathology,91microscopic pathology,101

Lungs, gross pathology,88microscopic pathology,99

Lymph-nodes, gross pathology,92microscopic pathology,101

M

Malnutrition, general,58

Malt soup,50

Marrow, changes in,107

Meat, fresh,147,168salt,146

“Mehlnaerschaden” of Czerny,256

Metabolism in scurvy,241–247

Milk, alkalized,50amount necessary to prevent scurvy,49,117,150boiled,44,65condensed,48dried,46,66,152effect of industrial methods on,43evaporated,45pasteurized,40,65home vs. commercial,42sterilized,44breast, amount necessary to prevent scurvy,36,39,153as cause of beriberi,39cows, antiscorbutic value of,40,152goats, antiscorbutic value of,153

Mineral metabolism in scurvy,241–247

Monkey, scurvy in,114,127pathology,128

Muscles, pathology,97

N

Nails, changes in,194

Necropsy reports,82

Nephritis,205

Nerves, peripheral, in guinea-pigscurvy,132pathology,105

Nervous system, effect of scurvy on,202

Nutrition, general, in scurvy,58,59,213

Nyctalopia,182

O

Orange juice, antiscorbutic value of,153,234“artificial,”33dried,155effect of alkalization of,154intravenous use of,238subcutaneous use of,155peel, antiscorbutic value of,234

Osteogenesis imperfecta,255

Osteomalacia, differentiation of, from scurvy,255

Osteomyelitis, differentiation of, from scurvy,222

Osteoporosis, differentiation of, from scurvy,255

Osteotabes infantum,109

P

Pains, as early symptom,176

Pancreas, gross pathology,91microscopic pathology,104

Pasteurized milk,40

Pathogenesis of scurvy, theories of,23

Pathology of scurvy in guinea-pig,122in man, gross,83microscopic,96in monkey,128

Peas, antiscorbutic value of,167,231

Pellagra,251

Phenols, excretion of,245

Phosphate metabolism,241–247

Pigeon, effect of scorbutic diet on,114

Pneumonia,202

Posture, characteristic, in guinea-pig,136

Posture, characteristic, infant,183

Potassium deficiency theory,23metabolism,241–247

Potatoes, antiscorbutic value of,6,7,146,161,235

Prevention of scurvy,230

Prognosis,225

Protein in diet, effect on scurvy,59

Psychic element in scurvy,57

Pulse,181,201

Pulses, germinated,167,231

Purpura, differential diagnosis,221

Pyorrhœa, relation to lesion of gums,181

R

Racial immunity,56

Rats, effect of scorbutic diet on,114,115

Recurrent scurvy,228

Respirations,201

Retina, hemorrhages in,105

Rheumatism, confusion with scurvy,176,220

Ribs, beading of,197pathology,94in guinea-pig,129,137

Rickets, relation of, to scurvy,11,110,252

Rosary,94,197

S

Sauerkraut, antiscorbutic value of,145

Season, effect on incidence,54

Sex, effect on incidence,56

Shaking, effect on antiscorbutic factor,68

Ship beriberi,250

Skin, pathology,96

Spleen, gross pathology,91microscopic pathology,102

Sprue,256

Starvation, pathology of,125

Stomach, gross pathology,89microscopic pathology,100

Storage of vitamine in body,74

Streptococcus in blood in scurvy,134

Subacute form of scurvy,184

Subcutaneous use of antiscorbutics,155

Swede, antiscorbutic value of,162,235

Symptomatology, in adult,176in infant,183

Syphilis, congenital, differential diagnosis,222,223

T

Teeth, in guinea-pig scurvy,130,137in human scurvy,177

Temperature, in guinea-pig scurvy,141in human scurvy,181,216

Thymus, pathology of,104use of gland in treatment,172

Thyroid, pathology of,104use of gland in treatment,172

Tomatoes, canned, antiscorbutic value of,166,231,234in U. S. Army ration,231

Toxic theory of pathogenesis of scurvy,25

Treatment of scurvy,230duration of,237non-dietetic,239

U

Ultra-violet rays, effect on antiscorbutics,67

Urea content of blood,244of tissues,245

Urine in scurvy,204–206

V

Vegetable juices, keeping qualities of,161

Vegetables, antiscorbutic value of144,158canned,166dehydrated,163effect of heat on,159fresh,144,158ripeness of, effect on antiscorbutic value,160

Vitamine, antiscorbutic, general discussion of,62action of,68,69as antitoxin,69as catalytic agent,70as nutriment,69blood content of,76effect of heat on,65of ultra-violet ray on,67excretion of,77

Vitamine, experimental evidence for,62fate in body,74,77relation to water-soluble factor,65,67relation to antineuritic vitamine,67resistance to chemical and physical processes,64storage in body of,74theory of scurvy,32

W

Weight, loss of,138,213

“White line” of Fraenkel,128,198

World War, scurvy in,15

X

X-ray in diagnosis of scurvy,128,192,198

Y

Yeast, antiscorbutic value of,171


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