Clinical methods : a guide to the practical study of medicine / by Robert Hutchison and Harry Rainy.

  • Sir Robert Hutchison, 1st Baronet of Thurle
Date:
1897
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Credit: Clinical methods : a guide to the practical study of medicine / by Robert Hutchison and Harry Rainy. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    as, for instance, when one suspects that he has to do with a case of malingering, when one may get the patient to assert the existence of contradictory symp- toms, so confirming one's suspicions. It may also be necessary in dealing with patients who are stupid either by nature or as the result of disease. When one is trying to elicit what are known as subjective symptoms, the use of leading questions may also be admissible. It is important to avoid asking the same question twice, because to do so looks careless, and conveys to the patient the impression of taking but a languid interest in his case. We may proceed now to go more into detail re- garding the questions which should be asked In doing so, we shall consider first the questions which one has to put in every case—what one may call the general interrogation—srnd then we shall take up the questions which have to be put in examining cases of disease affecting the different systems or organs ; this may be called the special interrogation 1. General intenogation.-Begin by ascer- taining the patient's name, age, occupation, and whether he is married or single. It is also of importance to note his exact postal address for purposes of future communication. Two important questions then follow—(1) Of what does he complain ? (2) How long have the symptoms been present? Having thus defined his complaint and history F°C t0 aSCertain the chief ^cts in his firsts TtT', l0giial Pl^-iS t0 Uke ^f^V history St l i ulUaUy sufficient t0 Squire regarding the la iv°f n1 S CaUSG °f death 0f the Mediate Natives only-the parents, brothers and sisters and if the patient be married, of his own cCdven f he has any These facts tell us whether he is predisposed by heredity to any particular disease
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