The tongue as an indication in disease : being the Lumleian Lectures delivered at the Royal College of Physicians in March 1888 / by W. Howship Dickinson.

  • Dickinson, W. Howship (William Howship), 1832-1913.
Date:
1888
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Credit: The tongue as an indication in disease : being the Lumleian Lectures delivered at the Royal College of Physicians in March 1888 / by W. Howship Dickinson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION. PAGE Summary of views hitherto held in chronological order—References to the tongue in illness by Hippocrates, AretSeus, Paulus ^]gi- neta, Rhases, and Avicenna—Theory of Willis—Observations of Sydenham, Boerhaave, Mason Good, Armstrong and Marshall Hall—New doctrines put forth by Piorry—Views of Billing ; of Hyde Salter with regard to the coat or fur ; of Williams and Copland—Hilton on local nervous action—Views of Butlin as to nature of fur or coat—Current knowledge as presented by Roberts—Conclusions of Hutchinson 1 LECTURE I. Neglect of the tongue as compared with the pulse—Fresh inquiry de- signed ; its method and scope—Classification of varieties of tongue presented as the results of diseases external to itself—Description of the healthy tongue (Class 1) as seen with the naked eye and with the microscope ; enumeration of the clinical conditions in which it was observed—Stippled or dotted tongue (Class 2) described; its clinical concomitants and (signification—Stippled and coated tongue (Class 3) described ; its clinical circumstances and indications—Coated tongue (Class 4) described ; the circum- stances in which it was found and the inferences they warrant— The 'strawberry' tongue (Class 5) and the ^plastered' tongue (Class 6) similarly dealt with—Discussion as to the general causes of coating of the tongue with especial reference to pyrexia —The furred or shaggy tongue (Classes 7 and 7d) described ; its clinical relations detailed and its indications . . . .21