A medical handbook : for the use of practitioners and students / by R.S. Aitchison.

Date:
1899
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Credit: A medical handbook : for the use of practitioners and students / by R.S. Aitchison. 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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    disease of the heart, or phthisis, &c., from being afflicted with a to ally new and independent affection; but whether a new disease be present or not, if the patient is not allowed to give expression to his^symptoms, he will not feel satisfied that his case has received careful attention at our hands. The temperament and physical appearance of the patient are ger^erally the first subjects to engage the attention of the physician fn Ae examination of a case. It is while hearing the statement of the complaint that the physician's mind instinctively endeavours to know the person he is called upon to treat; but while there is often S to b^ learned from simple physiognomical study it Jould be noted that all such information is merely conjectural. -Except in mIuU ases, it is less the disposition that we seek to know than the physical conditions which certain symptoms may indicate and ffile attention should be given to the of voice and ^na,merj speaking, the attitudes and gestures, feaircres,^ '^^^'^^^^f^'of farnine ridar finnness of the patient, it is with the view rather of learning h(s coitiSn, a knowledge of which is so important m the treat- tL°S Dkthesis (from ^.a.ien,u, to -range) means the tenLcy to certain morbid states, pyscras^a [^r^ difficult Kp<i<r.., temperament) and, cachexia (from Ka.o. bad, ^5'^ a hab^^^^^ mean the actual morbid conditions themselves. The term cons itu tion used in a general sense, including tendencies and their resuUs It even sometimes, is apphed to the temperament. _ The study of physioZmy of Diseases, therefore, to the practical physician means hf study of the constitutions, including such morbid appear- auces and signLs are readily noticed. A short, condensed sketch of the different types is here given. Tbe Constitutions.-The Sanguine temperament is described by vigorous. The teeth are apt to decay and arthritic symptoms begin to manifest themselves (see Rheumatism) sanguine. The The Lymphatic temperament is also a degenerate sanguine paSntt/lis^less and l^l^gmatic The con pl^^^^^^^^^ ]Jf ^'^^f ^ and Umbs-large and clumsy. The functions are slu^g^sQ. SL^roL^isreTr^^^^^^^^ temperament is '^ThT^J^r.. Scrofulous ^'^^'^-J-arst irshfpedl'and The one has the body large and c umsy head and chcs^^ i^ s^i^iS^^d iS^d.^r:r&eLe ~ «The student interested in Psychology should read Laycock's Lectures, Medical Times and Gazette, 1862.