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

  • 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. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Hiccup. Defaecatlon— pain. involuntary. Stools— pliysical cha- racter. constituents. microscopical examination.. chemical examination. Anus. Results qf Para- centesis Abdo- minis. Operation. Matters re- 141. niccup :—its time of occurrence; frc<iuency ; periodicity; noisy or notP continuing or not during sleep P 142. Befacation:—its frexjuency; time elapsed since last stool; periodsof defecation;—position chosen during the act;—amount of effort required ; force of evacuation.—Is obedience to the desire ever in vain ? I is any obstruction felt, and where ?—Pain jjreceding, ■ during, or after the act; its seat,characters, duration;— ' tenesmus.—Stools passed beneath patient; from care- ' lessness, wilfulness, lotTil defect of sensibility, inability ! to i*etain motion, general stu]x>r, etc. (280)? j 113. Stools ;—quantity; at each evacuation in the I twenty-four hours (measured or weighed);—odour;— consistence, solid, liquid, pultaeeous, yeasty-looking; if solid, note any jK-cnliarity in width or form, and whe- ther it is of constant occurrence ; degree of solidity or hardness;—colour ; aeration.—Constituents of stools : —facal matters; unchanged food; special articles of food distinguishable; f<x>d in a state of incom- j)letc digestion substances recognisable by the eye;—blood; passed alone; mixed with feces, uniformly, or in patches or stria;?—following the act of defecation;—physical characters of the blo^;— mncns;pus; fibrinous matter; oily matter; epithe- lial shreds ; casts of intestine ; portions of intestine (their physical characters); calculi (their physical characters); worms; hydatids ; urine, etc.—Micro- scopical examination of stools: of mutters picked out; of liquid (particulars as Vomited matters, 139). —Chemical examination of stools ; their reaction ;— of matters picked out; of liquid;—special exami- nation for albumen, fat, phosphate of magnesia and ammonia, mineral substances taken as medicine or “ as poisons.” 144. Anus:—pain ; sense of itching; constriction ; dragging; sense of heat;—discharges from anus. Results of Paracentesis Abdominis. 145. Operation :—its mode of jMirformance, scat of puncture and peculiarities of operation ; readiness of flow of fluid; complctcnciis of evacuation; necessity for a second puncture. 146. Matters r<?»«operf.—theirquantity (measured)