Ⅰ．WAYS IN WHICH EMOTION CAN AFFECT THE DIGESTIVE TRACT 1
Ⅱ．THE MAKING OF THE DIAGNOSIS FROM A GOOD HISTORY 22
Ⅲ．IMPORTANCE OF UNCOVERING THE PATIENT＇S FEAR OR HIS OR HER REAL REASON FOR CONSULTING A PHYSICIAN 71
Ⅳ．WHAT CAN BE LEARNED FROM THE WAY IN WHICH THE PATIENT TELLS THE HISTORY 79
Ⅴ．HELPS IN SIZING UP THE PATIENT 83
Ⅵ．USEFUL OBSERVATIONS TO BE MADE AS THE PHYSICIAN DEALS WITH A PATIENT 100
Ⅶ．PROBLEMS THAT COME UP IN PLANNING THE EXAMINATION OF THE PATIENT 109
Ⅷ．THE HANDLING OF THE NERVOUS PATIENT 127
Ⅸ．THE PROBLEM OF COMBATING DISTURBING DIAGNOSES PREVIOUSLY MADE 169
Ⅹ．ON TELLING THE TRUTH TO PATIENTS 187
Ⅺ．HELPFUL POINTS IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF ABDOMINAL PAIN 196
Ⅻ．THE CHRONIC＂DYSPEPTIC，＂AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT MAY BE WRONG WITH HIM 221
ⅩⅢ．CONSTITUTIONAL INADEQUACY 230
ⅩⅣ．THE NERVOUS BREAKDOWN AND ITS CAUSES 244
ⅩⅤ．INSANITY AND RELATED TROUBLES 261
ⅩⅥ．TYPES OF NEUROTIC PERSONS 270
ⅩⅦ．THE STORMY MENOPAUSE 287
ⅩⅧ．INSOMNIA 292
ⅩⅨ．CONSTIPATION 301
ⅩⅩ．THE IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME COMMONLY CALLED MUCOUS OR SPASTIC COLITIS 319
ⅩⅪ．FOOD SENSITIVENESS OR ALLERGY 328
ⅩⅫ．FLATULENCE 341
ⅩⅩⅢ．ABDOMINAL BLOATING，NOT DUE TO GAS 350
ⅩⅩⅣ．PSEUDO-APPENDICITIS 355
ⅩⅩⅤ．PSEUDO-ULCER 361
ⅩⅩⅥ．PSEUDO-CHOLECYSTITIS AND THE POSTCHOLECYSTECTOMY SYNDROME 366
ⅩⅩⅦ．REGURGITATION OR＂NERVOUS VOMITING＂ 372
ⅩⅩⅧ．HEADACHE 375
ⅩⅩⅨ．MIGRAINE AND MIGRAINE EQUIVALENTS 379
ⅩⅩⅩ．GASTRITIS 391
ⅩⅩⅪ．NERVOUS OR FUNCTIONAL OR PUZZLING TYPES OF DIARRHEA 395
ⅩⅩⅫ．ABDOMINAL DISTRESSES ASSOCIATED WITH PELVIC TROUBLES IN WOMEN 403
ⅩⅩⅩⅢ．MISCELLANEOUS SYNDROMES 407
ⅩⅩⅩⅣ．THE TREATMENT OF NERVOUS，PSYCHOPATHIC，POORLY ADJUSTED，MUCH TROUBLED OR OVERWORKED AND TIRED PERSONS 427
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING 472
INDEX 477