Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XIII. The Pathology Of Various Morbid Conditions Which Are Characterised By Abnormalities Of Secretions And Excretions. Synopsis. I. General Considerations. II. The Secretion or Excretion is ex cessive. (i) Diarrhoea. (ii) Polyuria. (iii) Hyperhidrosis. (iv) Ptyalism. (v) Galactorrhoea and Se-borrhea. (vi) Mucus. III. Substances normally retained are discharged from the Body. (i) Blood. (ii) Albumin. (iii) Fat. (iv) Sugar. I IV. Substances normally discharged are retained within the Body. (i) Faeces. (ii) Urine and Urinary Con-stituents. (iii) Calculi. V. Substances are discharged by Abnormal Paths. (t) Jaundice. (ii) Fistulse and other Con-ditions. VI. Secretions or Excretions contain Substances not normally present in the Body. VII. Morbid Conditions of known or suspected dependence upon alterations in Internal Secre-tions. (i) Thyroid. (ii) Supra-renal Bodies. (iii) Pituitary Body. (iv) Sex-Glands. The mere title that has been given to this chapter is an indication that under it will be considered a great variety of morbid conditions, many of which have no clinical relationship with one another. The only alternative method to the one adopted is to describe each secretion or excretion by itself. This method, though easier, is unsatisfactory, for two important reasons. Firstly, because the interest of a secretion or excretion from the point of view of pathology lies not in the secretion or excretion itself, but in the conditions of the body which cause abnormalities of that secretion or excretion; and secondly, because the inter-dependence of the secretions and excretions is so great that no one of them can altogether be considered apart from the others. Here, therefore, after giving a short description of the general processes...
