What to observe at the bed-side and after death in medical cases / published under the authority of the London Medical Society of Observation.

Date:
1853
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Credit: What to observe at the bed-side and after death in medical cases / published under the authority of the London Medical Society of Observation. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    CONTENTS PART I. PAGE CLINICAL EXAMINATION OF A PATIENT. . 1 § I. The Personal Description and Peculiarities of the Patient in Health 1 Physical description and peculiarities 1 Race, 1.*—Sex, 2.—Age, 3.—Anatomical peculiarities, 4.— Physiological peculiarities, 5. Intellectual and mdral peculiarities 3 Intellectual peculiarities, 6.—Moral peculiarities, 7. § II. The Previous History of the Patient. . . 4 A. Hygeia 4 Parentage, 8.—Infantile management, 9.—Place of birth or former residence, 10.—Present residence, 11.—Trade or occu- pation, 12.—Food, 13.—Drink, 14.—Clothing and firing, 15.— Cleanliness, 16.—Exercise, 17.—Sleep, 18.—Study, 19.—Medi- cines, 20.—Habitual use of narcotic drugs, 21.—Peculiar habits, 22.—Venereal indulgences, 23. B. Previous General Health 5 Infantile health, 24.—Adult health, 25. * The numbers thus placed refer to the numbered, paragraphs of the work. Where the heading of a paragraph is placed between commas, it indicates that the paragraph referred to contains points for observation of special importance in medico-legal inquiries.