This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1903 Excerpt: ... CONCLUSION. Thus ends my work for the present time, although this by no means exhausts the subject or is entitled to be considered as complete, which, owing to its complexity, will be long before it is perfectly understood, if ever. However, the dawning light has already burst forth and we now have some dim perceptions regarding uric acid from which it is possible to gather a somewhat intelligent idea. The uric acid diathesis is still by some considered a myth, as non-existing; but to all of this opinion we feel very much like saying with "Romeo," in the work of the immortal Shakespeare, "He jests at scars who never felt a wound." In short, because the scoffers and doubters have never met with a case of this kind, therefore it cannot exist. We, of the medical profession, sometimes change our views, therefore this course is still always open to the doubters. INDEX. PAGE Acids no Acid tide or period, 26, 58 Acidity caused by beers, wines, etc., 32 Acidity of the blood, 36 Acidity caused by fevers, 34 Acidity caused by alcohol, 34 Acid urates, 22 Action of cold, 39 Air, 75 Alkaline tide, 25, 58 Alkalinity decreased by cold 25, 30, 34, 52 Alkalinity increased by exercise, 25 Alkalinity increased by warmth 30, 52 Alcohol no Alcohol as a cause 40 Alcohol, use of 66 Anabolism 18 Anaemia, cause of 44, 48 Angina pectoris 59 Animal food diet, a cause of 40 Arterial pressure raised 58 Arterio sclerosis 59 Asthma, 58 Aurum muriaticum, 128 Bathing, 70 Baths, cold not advisable 71 Baths, cold checks the elimination of uric acid, .. 71 Baths, cold cause of cardiac and renal lesions, .. 73 Baths, hot preferable, 71 Bethlehem, N. H., as a resort 85 Bilious epoch 8 Bowels, 87 Breakfast, abstaining from, 102 Breakfast, fruit, 99, 102 Burnett, J. Compton, 97, 109, 127, 129 Calom...