The doctor's pocket remembrancer / J.C. Eno Ltd.

  • J. C. Eno Ltd
Date:
1931
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Credit: The doctor's pocket remembrancer / J.C. Eno Ltd. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    JAUNDICE. Jaundice which clears up in a few days or weeks without much pain is probably catarrhal, especi- ally in young people. Jaundice following severe colic is probably due to gall stones. Recurrent attacks of jaundice in middle-aged women, with long intervals of months or years, are generally due to gall stones. (Remember that gall stones do not negative malig- nant disease.) In chronic pancreatitis—which closely resembles this in signs— the jaundice lasts longer, and rarely quite disappears. Persistent jaun- dice, with enlarged gall-bladder, in middle age, generally indicates carcinoma of pancreas. Pancreatic disease is usually accompanied with deep-seated, epigastric pain, and with fat in the stools. Pancrea- titis and cancer of the pancreas usually cause a positive reaction to Cammidge’s test. (This test
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