What to observe at the bed-side and after death in medical cases.
- London Medical Society of Observation
- Date:
- 1853
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: What to observe at the bed-side and after death in medical cases. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![WHAT TO OBSERVE IN MEDICAL CASES. PART I. CLINICAL EXAMINATION OE A PATIENT. § I.—The Personal Description and Peculiarities of the Patient in Health. § !• [Individual peculiarities form part of the healthy standard by which the morbid character of observed phenomena is tested.*] Physical description and peculiarities. 1. jRace:—country of birth. 2. Sex:—degree in which sexual characters are marked (general conformation, external sexual organs, mamma;, voice, beard, pubic hair, etc.) 3. Aye—real and apparent. 4. Anatomical peculiarities— Height;—width from acromion to acromion. Form of trunk: natural curves of spine, antero pos- terior and lateral dorsal; apparent relative size and length of thorax and abdomen; patient high- shouldered or not? Measurements: of head; circular (oversuperciliary ridges and occipital protuberance), across vertex (from ear to car), along middle line (from root of Physical peculiarities. Race. Sex. Age. Anatomical pe- culiarities— height—width form of trunk. measurements: of head. • From particulars of this kind tho temperament” of an individual is determined.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28115478_0029.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
