Addison’s disease.—­Great weakness, stomach and bowel disorders, weak heart and dark coloring (pigmentation) of the skin.

Bright’s disease.—­Albumin and casts in the urine.  The onset is usually gradual.  There is paleness and puffiness of the eyelids, ankles or hands in the morning.  Later increased dropsy of face and the extremities, pasty yellow complexion, dyspepsia, constipation and heart symptom.

[2 Mothers’ diagnosis]

Bronchitis, acute. (Cold on the Chest.)—­There is a feeling of tightness under the breastbone, with a dry hard cough and headache.  This cough may make the chest feel raw and sore, especially in front.

Cholera morbus.—­The onset is usually sudden with nausea, vomiting, and cramp-like bowel pains; vomits at first the stomach contents.  Purging follows; vomiting and purging with severe cramps in abdomen and legs.

Croup.—­Child wakes up suddenly, perhaps at midnight, with a harsh barking cough, with difficulty of breathing, and it looks as if it could not get another breath.  Then there is an easy spell and soon the spasm recurs.

Cancer of the stomach.—­There is anemia and a gradual loss of weight.  A peculiar color of the skin (cachexia), irregular vomiting, some bleeding of “coffee-ground” color.  Progressive loss of weight.  Dragging or burning in the region of the stomach.

Chicken pox.—­Slight fever, chilly feelings.  In twenty-four hours the eruption appears upon the body, face and forehead often only a few separate red pimples which soon become rounded vesicles; however, there may be few or many.

Diabetes.—­The onset is gradual, glucose (sugar) is persistently in the urine.  Great quantity of urine passed; six to forty pints in twenty-four hours.  Thirst is great.  Large quantities of water is taken.  Loss of strength and weight, mouth is dry, tongue is red and glazed, skin is dry and wrinkled.

Diphtheria.—­This disease begins gradually, as a rule, with chilly feelings, pain in the back and limbs, pulse is faster, with a general redness of the throat before the formation of the membrane; with such symptoms there are great weakness, paleness, and a bad smelling breath.  Soon a spot or spots may be seen on the tonsils, uvula or soft palate, but in a day or two a dirty white patch is seen on the tonsils and this may spread, and with it there is increased weakness, pallor, loss of appetite and fever.  When the membrane is taken off of the tonsils there is left a raw surface, and the membrane rapidly reforms.

Dysentery.—­The onset may be marked by diarrhea, followed by a severe, cramp-like bowel pain, with frequent small stools containing blood and mucus and accompanied by much straining (tenesmus).

Dyspepsia, acute. (Acute Gastritis, Acute Indigestion).—­Distress in the stomach, headache, thirst, nausea, vomiting, tongue heavily coated, foul breath, distaste for food, tender stomach.