What to observe at the bed-side and after death in medical cases.
- London Medical Society of Observation
- Date:
- 1859
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 OF A PATIENT. § I.—The Personal Description and Pe- § I. CULIARITIES OF THE PATIENT IN HEALTH. [Individual peculiarities form part of the healthy standard by which the morbid character of observed phenomena is tested.1] Physical description and peculiarities. 1. Name:—Race:—country of birth. 2. Sex:—degree in which sexual characters are marked (general conformation, external sexual or- gans, mammae, voice, beard, etc.) 3. Arje—real and apparent. i 4. Anatomical peculiarities—• Jleiyht; — width from acromion to acromion. Form of trunk: natural curves of spine, antero 'From particulars of this kind the “ temperament” of an individual is determined. c 25 Physical. peculiarities. Name—race. Sex. Age. Anatomical pe- culiarities— height— width—form of trunk.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28115685_0029.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
