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1. Fat and Blood: An Essay on the Treatment of Certain Forms of Neurasthenia and Hysteria, by S. Weir Mitchell, has been included on this site because Dr. Mitchell's famous "Rest Cure" was instrumental in changing the course of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's life, and, indeed, the infamous cure was cited several times by Gilman.

2. Below, is the keyword index to the eighth edition, complete with page numbers. To jump to the chapters with the desired keyword, simply click on the matching chapter heading(s), which appear after the keyword index [just before publication data].

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A

Acne, caused by massage, 89.

After-treatment, importance of, 79, 195.

Albuminuria, from exercise, 101.

Alcoholism producing fat, 23.

American race peculiarities, 17, 21, 32.

Anæmia. Vide Cases.
-----blood-count in, 102.
-----diagnosis of, 104.
-----effects of massage in, 101.
-----fatigue in, 72.

Anæmic obesity, 24, 128.

Asthenia. Vide Cases.

Asthenopia, 67, 145, 149.

Ataxia. Vide Cases.
-----bathing in, 204, 212.
-----co-ordinate movements in, 204.
-----symptoms of, 197.
-----treatment of, 197.

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B

Bathing, effects of, 67.
-----in ataxia, 204, 212.

Birth-palsy. Vide Cases.

Bleeding, causing increase of fat, 24.

Blood changes from massage, 99, 101, 185.

Bowditch on weight at different ages, 17, 23.

Bright's disease, a contraindication, 45.

Brown-Séquard's elixir, 212.

Brunton on effects of massage, 101.

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C

Cases:
-----albuminuria, 183.
-----amenorrhoea, 149, 193.
-----anæmia, extreme, 184.
-----aortic stenosis, 187.
-----asthenia, 111, 172, 182.
-----ataxia, 216, 218, 220.
-----birth-palsy, 226.
-----chloral habit, 150, 154, 174, 178.
-----hysteria, 76, 114, 154, 157, 160, 165, 181.
-----hysteria and neurasthenia, 112.
-----hystero-epilepsy, 165.
-----kidney, floating, 191.
-----morphia habit, 154, 165.
-----neurasthenia, 144, 171, 174.
-----neurasthenia and pulmonary disease, 149, 160
-----obesity, anæmic, 132, 134.
-----paralysis, hysterical, 134, 150.
-----paraplegia, ataxic, 223.
-----paraplegia, spastic, 228.
-----tabes. Vide Ataxia.
-----uterine disease and chloral habit, 150, 154.

Cases, selection of, 33, 60.

Chloral habit. Vide Cases.
-----treatment of, 137.

Chorea, 33.

Cod-liver oil enema, 140.

Constipation caused by milk diet, 125.

Contraindications to rest, etc., 45.

Corpulence, Harvey on, 129.

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D

Diet-list, 144, 146, 159.

Dietetics, 119, 171.

Drug-habits, treatment of, 137.

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E


Eccles on massage, 101.

Electricity, 108.
-----Beard on, 115.
-----causing insomnia, 118.
-----during menstruation, 90.
-----in ataxia, 211.
-----in constipation, 109.
-----mode of using, 108, 116.
-----rise of temperature from, 110, 116.
-----when needed, 118.

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F

Face, massage of, 105.

Fat in alcoholism, 23.
-----in its relation to health, 16.
-----increased by bleeding, 24.
-----milk-diet in, 128.
-----mode of accumulation of, 27.
-----reduction of, 128.
-----varieties of, 25.

Food, amount of, 146, 159.
-----in obesity, 130.

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G

Goitre, exophthalmic, 46.

Gymnastics, Swedish, 92.

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H

Harvey on corpulence, 129.

Head, massage of, 105.

Headache from massage, 100.
-----massage for, 105.

Heart-disease, treatment of, 45.

Hysteria. Vide Cases.

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I

Introduction, 9.

Iodide in ataxia, 201.

Iron, use of, 142.

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J

Jackson on rest, 58.

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K

Karell on milk-treatment, 120, 128.

Keen on albuminuria, 101.

Kidney, floating. Vide Cases.
-----belt for, 190.
-----treatment of, 48, 66, 189.

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L

Letheby on fattening stock, 26.

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M

Malt extract, 138.
-----Japanese extract of, 141.

Marshall on urinary changes, 127.

Massage, 80.
-----abdominal, 86.
-----amount of, 92.
-----blood-changes from, 101.
-----causing acne, 89.
-----causing headache, 100.
-----chilliness from, 91.
-----during convalesence, 34.
-----during menstruation, 90.
-----Eccles on, 101.
-----effect on temperature, 93.
-----effects of general, 98, 101.
-----frequency of use, 90.
-----in anæmia, 101.
-----in heart-disease, 46.
-----in spastic paralysis, 225.
-----Lauder-Brunton on, 101.
-----lubricant undesirable in, 89.
-----of face, 105.
-----of head, 105.
-----order of application, 82, 91.
-----sexual excitement from, 91.
-----why useful, 98.

Melancholia, treatment of, 46.

Menstruation, effects of rest on, 149, 193.
-----electricity during, 90.
-----massage during, 90.

Milk, in alcoholism, 137.
-----in chloral habit, 137.
-----pasteurized, 121.
-----peptonized, 122.
-----quantity to be used, 123.
-----sterilization of, 121.

Milk diet, 119.
-----constipation caused by, 125.
-----disappearance of uric acid during use of, 126.
-----effects of, on urinary pigments, 126.
-----general effects of, 124.
-----in obesity, 128.
-----in obesity with anæmia, 128.
-----Karell on, 120, 128.
-----precautions in using, 123.
-----sleepiness from, 125.
-----stools during use of, 125.
-----urinary changes from, 126.

Morphia habit, treated by rest, etc., 137, 154, 165.

Movements, co-ordinate, in ataxia, 204.
-----in paralysis agitans, 231.
-----in paraplegia, 223.
-----in spastic paralysis, 226.
-----Swedish, 92.

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N

Neurasthenia. Vide Cases.

Nurse, choice of, 53.

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O

Obesity, milk diet in, 128.
-----with anæmia, 128.
-----with anæmia. Vide Cases.

Ovarian disorders treated by rest, etc., 47.

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P

Paralysis agitans, 231.

Paraplegia, ataxic, 223.
-----spastic, 228.

Partial rest, 63.
-----schedule for, 64.

Peculiarities of American race, 17, 21, 32.

Phthisis, gain of weight in, 35.
-----Pollock on, 35.

Playfair on nerve-prostration, 12, 150.

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Q

Quetelet on gain of weight at different ages, 17.

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R

Rest, 57.
-----definition of, 62.
-----effects of, on menstruation, 149, 193.
-----in ataxia, 203, 210, 230.
-----in neuralgia, 58.
-----in spinal disease, 58, 197, 230.
-----Jackson on, 58.
-----length of, 66, 68.
-----mental, 71.
-----mode of terminating, 63, 78.
-----moral uses of, 69.
-----partial, 62.
-----reasons for, 61, 70, 182.

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S

Schedule for partial rest, 64.

Seclusion, 50.

Selection of cases, 33, 60.

Soup, raw, mode of making, 139.

Spine, irritable, 163, 178.

Syphilis preceding tabes, 198, 201.

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T

Tabes. Vide Ataxia.

Temperature after electric treatment, 110, 116.
-----after massage, 93.

Treatment, season for, 53.
-----selection of cases for, 33.

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U

Urinary pigments, changes in, during milk diet, 126.

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V-W-X-Y-Z

Weight at different ages, Bowditch on, 17, 23.
-----gain or loss of, 14.
-----loss of, relation to an anæmia, 15.
-----Quetelet on, 17.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE

CHAPTER I:-pages 9-13

CHAPTER II: pages 14-32

CHAPTER III: pages 33-49

CHAPTER IV: pages 50-66

CHAPTER V: pages 67-79

CHAPTER VI: pages 80-107

CHAPTER VII: pages 108-118

CHAPTER VIII: pages 119-170

CHAPTER IX: pages 171-196

CHAPTER X: pages 197-232

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Original publication information:

FAT AND BLOOD: AN ESSAY ON THE TREATMENT OF CERTAIN FORMS OF NEURASTHENIA AND HYSTERIA.

BY S. WEIR MITCHELL, M.D., LL.D. HARV., MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.

EIGHTH EDITION.

EDITED, WITH ADDITIONS, BY JOHN K. MITCHELL, M.D.

PHILADELPHIA: J.B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY.

LONDON: 5 HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN 1911.

Copyright, 1877, by J.B. LIPPINCOTT & CO.

Copyright, 1883, by J.B. LIPPINCOTT & CO.

Copyright, 1891, by J.B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY.

Copyright, 1897, by J.B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY.

Copyright, 1900, by J.B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY.

Copyright, 1905, by S. WEIR MITCHELL.

ELECTROTYPED AND PRINTED BY J.B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA, U.S.A.

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