Intoxications

A varied assortment of morbid conditions characterized by changes in the blood and other fluids, either from the presence of toxic substances or from alterations in chemical constitution. A. Intoxication. Definition. Auto-intoxication. Limitation of term. B. Diseases from changes in secretion and excretion. (1) Urgemia. (2) Gout. (3) Diabetes. (4) Lipsemia. (5) Melanajmia. (6) Myxcedema. (7) Cretinism. (8) Acromegaly. (9) Addison's disease.

THE progress of observation brings together conditions which formerly were regarded as widely separated, and in the present section we have a somewhat varied assortment of morbid conditions. They are all characterized by changes in the blood and other fluids of the body, either by the presence of toxic substances or by alterations in the chemical constitution of the plasma. The body as a whole is affected by the altered conditions of the nutritive fluid, and, in this sense, the term Constitutional Diseases is applicable. It is to be understood that, as this group of diseases is matter of recent research, the terminology and classification are, to a large extent, tentative, and that there is considerable over-lapping amongst the members of the group themselves and with conditions belonging to other groups.