What to observe at the bed-side and after death in medical cases.

  • London Medical Society of Observation
Date:
1853
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    APPENDIX.] ULCERS. bailee ? bollae nmneroas or solitary ? their size and prominence;—flaid moveable or not, by pressnre, from one part of the gangrenous sorfaee to another ?— Crepitation on pressure.—Odour, faint, feetid, ^lick- like.—Temperature.*—Polsatiou of arteries in part affected.* 61D. lAuf of demareatum from healthy texture; breadth of line; colour, intensity of redness; small Tcaides or not on line of demareation ? width and depth of fissure or chink, if any ; etc. 620. Diueelion :—depth to which discoloration, etc., extend; affecting skin, cellular tissue, muscles, tendons, bone;—in viscera, is the morbid state limited to surface, single lobules, lobes, cte., or diffused ? 621. Motility and setuiiiliijt ;*—Power of moving the part retained by patient.—Pain, tendemeas, numbness, pricking or stinging sensations; sensation of heat or cold. 622. Marks cf injury or of prior applications to the part; redness from pressure;—other sores present or not ?—infiltration of parts with urine, etc. 623. Surrounding parts;—(edema, etc.; condi- tiou of arteries (468 rt uy.) and veins (474 et sey.) leading to and from the part. UletTt. 024. Xumber; situation; form; superficial extent; depth.—Edges; level with surrounding tisane, bevelled, raised, everted, inverted, ragged; smooth;—their thick- ness ;—their consistence;—colour, red, slate-coloured, etc.—Floor, its colour; vascularity ;—consistence;— covered with a scab; characters of the scab, its degree of adhesion to floor and to edges of ulcer, its consist- ence, thickness, colour, and microscopical characters; —eoveted by fluid; d^uce of adhesion of fluid, its colour, tenacity, and microscopical elements;—ti«me constitutiug floor of ulcerfloor smooth, polished, ragged covered with granulations, their size, colour, consudence, bleeding or not on manipulation P—open mouths of vessels apparent on floor, artery or vein. * To be noted in living subject. 12 a [appendix. crepitation. odour. temperature, arterial pulsa. tion. Line of demar- eatkHi. Dissection. MutiUtjr and sen sibillt;. .Marks of injur; Surrounding parts. Vkert form, ate. edges. j lloor. j gnuiulations.