Method of examining and recording medical cases / by William R. Sanders.

  • Sanders, Bill (William R.)
Date:
1873
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Credit: Method of examining and recording medical cases / by William R. Sanders. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    3. Integument (f.e., skin and subcutaneous texture, including glands), as to temperature, perspiration, eruptions, tumours, etc. 4. Condition of limbs and joints. Regions B. Internal. N.B.—Here commence with the Region and System presumably most diseased, also describe all the systems of one region before going to another. HEAD NERVOUS SYSTEM. (a.) Peripheral.—Nerves, as to motion, sensation, special senses (ophthalmoscope). (b.) Central,—Brain and spinal cord, as to feeling of well-being or exhaustion, intelligence, sleep, headache, vertigo, nausea, etc. THORAX. RESPIRATORY SYSTEM. 1 sty Symptoms.—Number of respirations; dyspnoea, pain, cough, amount and character of expectoration, etc. 2dy Physical Examination.—Chiefly by inspection, palpation, percussion, auscultation of organs— (a.) Peripheral.—Nose, action of alge nasi, larynx, voice (laryngoscope), trachea, etc. (b.) Central.—Lungs and pleura. CIRCULATORY SYSTEM. 1st, Symptoms. — Cardiac dyspnoea, palpitation, pain at pre- cordia, syncope, angina pectoris, etc. 2dy Physical examination by inspection, palpation, percussion, auscultation of organs— (a.) Peripheral.—Arteries, especially radial and carotid; pulse as to number, character, variations, etc. Veins. ip.) Central.—Heart and large vessels within the thorax. § State of the blood; microscopic examination, etc. § Intra-thoracic tumours. N.B.—The lymphatics and lymphatic glands are examined locally in the regions in which they occur. ABDOMEN. DIGESTIVE SYSTEM. Examination as to Symptoms and Physical signs of— (a.) Intestinal Tube.—Teeth, tongue; hunger, thirst; deglu¬ tition, digestion, vomiting, stools, etc. (b.) Walls and Solid Viscera of Abdomen. — Shape, swelling, etc.; condition of peritoneum; liver; spleen; pancreas; lymphatic glands ; tumours, etc.