Ⅰ HISTORICAL REVIEW 1
Ⅱ CLINICAL SYNDROME 4
Physical Status 7
Value of Special Diagnostic Procedures 7
The Histopathological Picture 12
Course of the Disease 12
Etiology 13
Ⅲ EXPERIMENTAL PRODUCTION OF LESIONS 18
Ⅳ PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS 22
Method 22
Presentation of Case Histories 35
Role of Personality Factors 65
Interpretation of These Observations in the Light of the Several Schools of Psychiatric Thought 68
Correlation with Psychoanalytic Observations on Patients with Gastrointestinal Disease 70
Objective Data from the Rorschach Test 76
Ⅴ ROLE OF THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM 77
Cardiovascular Instability in Patients with Mucous Colitis 80
Personalities of Patients with Mucous Colitis Compared with Those with Bronchial Asthma 84
Ⅵ THERAPY 86
Physical Hygiene 86
Mental Hygiene 87
Medication 90
Effectiveness of Therapy 92
Suggested Program of Treatment 93
Ⅶ SUMMARY 95
GLOSSARY 97
BIBLIOGRAPHY 99