What to observe at the bed-side and after death in medical cases / edited by Edward Ballard.

  • 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 / edited by Edward Ballard. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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

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    WHAT TO OBSERVE IN MEDICAL CASES. PART I. CLINICAL EXAMINATION OF A PATIENT. § I.—The Personal Description and Peculiarities of the Patient in Health. § !• [Individual peculiarities form part of the healthy standard hy which the morbid character of observed phenomena is tested.*] Physical description and peculiarities. 1. Race:—country of birth. 2. Sex:—degree in which sexual characters are marked (general conformation, external sexual organs, mammae, voice, beard, pubic hair, etc.) 3. Age—real and apparent. 4. Anatomical peculiarities— Height;—width from acromion to acromion. Form of trunk: natural curves of spine, antero pos- terior and lateral dorsal; apparent relative size and length of thorax and abdomen; patient high- shouldered or not? Measurements: of head; circular (over superciliary ridges and occipital protuberance), across vertex (from ear to ear), along middle line (from root of Physical peculiarities. Race. Sex. Age. Anatomical pe- culiarities— height—width form of trunk. measurements: of head. * From particulars of this kind the “ temperament” of an Individual is determined.