Part I. Infectious Diseases.
Problems:
- Typhoid Fever. Typhus abdominalis; Typhus nervosus; Ileo-Typhus Fever; Autumnal Fever, etc.
- Typhus Fever. Famine Fever; Ship Fever; Jail Fever; Hospital Fever; Putrid Fever.
- Relapsing Fever. Typhus Recurrens; Bilious Typhoid; Famine Fever; Hunger Pest; Spirillum Fever.
- Malarial Fever. Ague; Chills and Fever; Intermittent Fever; Swamp Fever; Marsh Fever; Paludal Fever.
- Gastric Intermittent.
- Masked Intermittent.
- Pernicious Intermittent. Congestive Intermittent; Congestive Chills; Malignant Intermittent.
- Chronic Malarial Fever. Malarial Cachexia; Chronic Ague.
- Remittent Fever. Bilious Fever; Estivo-Autumnal Fever; Gastric Fever.
- Yellow Fever. Typhus Ichteroides; Febris Flava; Black Vomit; Yellow Jack.
- Cholera. Cholera Algida; Cholera Asiatica; Cholera Maligna.
- Cerebro-Spinal Fever. Spotted Fever; Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis; Typhus Syncopalis; Malignant Purpuric Fever.
- Variola. Small-pox; German, Blattern; French, La Petite Verole. Smallpox.
- Variola Vaccinia. Cow-pox; Vaccination.
- Varicella. Chicken-pox.
- Scarlet Fever. Scarlatina; Scarlet Rash.
- Measles. Moribilli; Rubeoli.
- Rubella. Rothein; Rubella Notha; Epidemic Roseola; German Measles; French Measles; Hybrid Measles; Bastard Measles.
- Parotitis. Mumps; Epidemic Parotitis.
- Pertussis. Whooping-cough; Tussis Convulsiva.
- Diphtheria. Diphtheritis; Angina Maligna; Membranous Croup.
- Influenza. Epidemic Catarrhal Fever; La Grippe.
- Pneumonia. - See respiratory diseases.
- Erysipelas. St. Anthony's Fire.
- Septicemia. Blood Poisoning.
- Pyemia.
- Tuberculosis.
- Tuberculosis of the Lymph Glands. Scrofula; Struma; King's Evil.
- Acute Pneumonic Phthisis. Acute Phthisis; Galloping Consumption.
- Chronic Tuberculosis. Phthisis Pulmonalis; Consumption; Chronic Pulmonary Tuberculosis; Chronic Ulcerative Tuberculosis.
- Syphilis. Pox; Mal-Venerean; Lues Venerea.
- Dengue. Break-bone Fever; Dandy Fever; Broken-wing Fever.
- The Plague. Bubonic Plague; Pestilence, or Pest; Black Death; Plague of Egypt.
- Leprosy. Lepra; Elephantiasis Graecorum; Leontiasis.
- Glanders. Farcy.
- Actinomycosis. Big Jaw; Lumpy Jaw.
- Anthrax. Malignant Pustule; Splenic Fever; Wool-sorter's Disease; Carbuncle; Bloody Murrain.
- Hydrophobia. Rabies.
- Tetanus. Lockjaw; Trismus; Opisthotonos.
- Infectious Diseases of Doubtful Nature.
- Febricula. Ephemeral Fever; Simple Continued Fever; Synochal Fever.
- Dysentery. ( See Diseases of the Intestines.)
- Milk Sickness.
- Rare Infectious Diseases. Under this heading we might include a description of Mountain Fever, Weil's Disease, Schlammfieber, Malta Fever, and Miliary Fever, but these are rarely met with, and their pathology and treatment have not been extensively studied.
The Eclectic Practice of Medicine, 1907, was written by Rolla L. Thomas, M. S., M. D.