ental stress
by correcting the underpay, overwork, bad ventilation, or underfeeding
on account of illness or death of the wage-earner of the family, is, of
course, nothing but the most admirable common sense; but to call it the
_mental_ treatment of disease is a mere juggling with words. "Take care
of the body and the mind will take care of itself," is a maxim which
will prove valid in actual practice nine times out of ten.

INDEX

Abernethy, Dr. John, 80.

Acne, 38.

Acromegaly, 119.

Adenoids, 105-122.

Air, foul, 97.

Alimentary canal, 274-279.

Allbutt, Sir Clifford, 134.

Allen, Dr. Harrison, 120.

Animals, immune to certain diseases, 255.

Anti-bodies. _See_ Antitoxins.

Antisepsis, 333, 336-339.

Antitoxins, or anti-bodies, 9, 93, 94, 199, 200;
discovery and use of the diphtheria antitoxin, 230-233, 236, 242, 401;
tetanus antitoxin, 345, 346, 398.

Apoplexy, 40, 402.

Appendicitis, 269-288.

Appendix, vermiform, 35, 36, 268-270, 273-279.

Asepsis, 333.

Asthmatics, 328.

Attitude, the upright, 76.

Autointoxication, 376.

Bacilli. _See_ Bacteria.

Bacteria, abundance of, in the body, 10, 99.

Bang, Professor, 148.

Bath, the cold, 98.

Bile, in vomiting, 379.

Bites, danger from, 342.

Blood, coagulation of, 39, 40.

Blood-corpuscles, 24-29.

Blood-poisoning, 331-349.

Bloodgood, Dr. J. C., 272.

Bones, nature of, 20, 21.

Boswell, James, 88.

Bridge, Dr. Norman, 95.

Caecum, 274-278.

Cancer, a rebellion of the cells, 42, 351;
heredity and, 50, 51;
individuality of, 350;
probable nature of, 351;
death-rate from, 352, 353;
natural history of, 353-364;
not communicable, 357, 358;
vain search for a parasite, 359, 360;
a disease of senility, 363, 364;
problems of prevention and cure, 365, 366.

Carriage, in illness, 76.

Cattani, 398.

Cellular theory of disease, 18, 19.

Cerebro-spinal meningitis, 397.

Chantemesse, 221.

Children's diseases, importance of, 243-245;
prevention of, 245;
dangerous results of, 245, 246;
effect on growth and development, 247;
reasons for, 248-250;
occasional severity of, 251-254;
taming of, 253, 254;
causes of, 254, 255;
treatment of, 255, 256;
symptoms of, 256, 257;
the three chief, 257-266.

Cities, disease and death-rate in, 159-165.