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

  • London Medical Society of Observation
Date:
1853
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    2. Male.* 258. Scrotum: — anasarca; eruptions (77 et *cq. ) ; Scrotum, hernia, etc. 259. Testicle*:—absent from scrotum ; very small; |Testicles, enlarged (one or both ?), character of enlargement; j mobility.—Pain; constant or occasional? its charac- I ter;—tenderness. 260. Penis:—unusnally small; cnlaiged,cause and , Penis, character of enlargement; eulargeineut of corpora cavernosa; hardness of corpus stiongiosom;—condi* tion of urrthra (213 et seq.); tenderness, its seat. 261. Spermatorrhcea ; — its frequency ; amount; i Spermatorrhoea, orotic or not? nocturnal or dinmsl? induced by I defaicalion; influenced by tem|ierature, by state of >' bowels, by anxiety of mind, by sexual excitement;— ! immediate scquelte of discharge, headache (occipital or ; otherwise), constipation, failure of sight, confusion of ; thought, insomnia or drowsiness, lumbar pain, etc. K.—EXCEPUAUiX AND ITS COVERINGS AND APPENI)AOE.S. § IV. Examination of Cranium, etc. Cranium, <te. 262. Cranium : — general form, conical, lozen|;c. < 8ha|)cd, etc.;—form of frontal, parietal, ami occijiital i r»“gions;—prominence; flattening;—symmetry of the j two side.s;—special dcpn'ssions or eminences, from | injuiy, etc.—Its sixe; height, length, breadth. Mea- | surement: circular (over su])ercili8ry ridges and | occipital protuberance), oimpared with circumference i of neck;—across vertex (from ear to can, along middle ! line (from root of nose to occipital protuberance).—. j CruMial bones: their apparent thickness; fixed or ; hxise.—Fontanelles: prominent or depressed? tense; ‘ fluctuating; pulsating; relation of pulsation to heart’s < systole and to respirator)' acts. 263. Intequmenls, etc.—Temperature, compared in different parts; colour; fulness of vessels; pulsation.— Etchymosis, with or without swelling?—Mounds (626), Craniom— fiirin. lynimetry. raeasorement. booes. fontanelles. Intcfumenu— temperature, etc. eochymosis. wouimU, etc. • Such poinU aloue are liere noted, as hare especial reference to medical cases.