Medical diagnosis : with special reference to practical medicine. A guide to the knowledge and discrimination of diseases / By J. M. Da Costa ... Illustrated with engravings on wood.

  • Jacob Mendes Da Costa
Date:
1895
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    pared. I subjoin a schedule which I have used for some time, and which is based, as closely as practicable, on the plan of ex- amination just mentioned. Date of Examination ; Name ; Age ; Color ; Place of Birth ; Present Abode; Occupation or social state; In females, whether married or not, number of children, and date of last confinement. History. 1. History antecedent to present disease: Constitution and General Health—Hereditary predisposition—Previ- ous Diseases or Injuries—Habits and mode of life; hygienic influences to which exposed, etc. 2. History of jjresent disease: Its supposed exciting cause —Date of seizure—Mode of invasion; subsequent symptoms in order of succession—Previous treat- ment. Pbesent Condition of Patient. 1. General symptoms: General State of Urinary Secretion ; Sensations of patient: pain, etc. 2. Examination of special regions, parts, and functions, beginning with the one presumably the most affected, and embracing, whenever practicable, microscopical examination of the blood. Diagnosis. Treatment. Eemarks. The history is here placed first; then the symptoms of general Skin; Pulse; Temperature; Respiration—as to frequency, etc.; Tongue; appetite; condition of bowels;