A simple mode of tabulating symptoms in clinical records : with a schedule for taking cases / by W. Ogle.

  • William Ogle
Date:
[between 1870 and 1879?]
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Credit: A simple mode of tabulating symptoms in clinical records : with a schedule for taking cases / by W. Ogle. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    XX. A SIMPLE MODE OF TABULATING SYMP¬ TOMS IN CLINICAL RECORDS; WITH A SCHEDULE FOR TAKING CASES. By W. OGLE, M.D. Cantab. Derby. -♦-- The object of this paper is to exhibit a very simple method by means of which the symptoms in any clinical record may be clearly tabulated, under any number of headings, without destroying the continuity of the history. The following schedule, which I have used for many years, will not only illustrate this method, but will set forth other incidental advantages. Schedule. 1. General observations : Date ; name ; age; sex ; married or single ; residence ; occupation ; how long ill ? liow long off work ? how long confined to the house ? to bed? general aspect; any other striking feature of the case, e.g. as to condition of the patient on the whole, or in respect only to some one part. 2. Cutaneous system : Skin; hair; nails. Colour; degree of moisture or dryness, generally or locally; odour; eruptions, character, time of first appearance, continuance, dis¬ appearance under pressure, result, sores. 3. Nervous system : Pain: seat of it, character, e.g. ‘dull,’ ‘aching,’ ‘ sharp,’ ‘ cutting,’ ‘ stabbing;’ time of occurrence ; duration; assigned cause;* how long since first attack? Sleep ; refreshing or not; dreaming. Mental condition—memory; delirium ; stupor. Special senses—touch, pricking, pinching, heat; taste; smell; hearing, tinnitus; sight, condition of pupils, examination with ophthalmoscope. Convulsion-fits; symptoms (premonitoiy, and subse¬ quent), frequency; squinting. * In recording any symptom, the time of its first occurrence or cessation, and the presumed cause, should he stated; also the remedies tried hitherto, and the apparent effect.
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