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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![Si-] measurements: of bead. of neck, of trunk. limbs. ■weight. muscular de- velopment. cellulo-fatty development. skin. hair. complexion. countenance. eyes. lips. form of hands, etc. THE PERSONAL DESCRIPTION AND [PART I. posterior and lateral dorsal; apparent relative size and length of thorax and abdomen; patient high shouldered or not ? Measurements: of head; circular (over super ciliary ridges and occipital protuberance), across vertex (from ear to ear), along middle, line (from root of nose to occipital protube- rance) :—of neclc; circumference opposite cri- coid cartilage;—of trank ; circumference op- posite ensiform cartilage, midway between nipples and clavicles, at margin of false ribs, at level of umbilicus. Limbs: well or ill formed ? proportional and symmetrical or not ? Weight. Muscular development (in trunk and limbs): its degree; proportional or not in upper and lower extremities ? symmetrical or not on the two sides of body ? Cellulo-fatty development: its amount; uniform or affecting a particular locality ? Skin: its colour; apparent coarseness or fine- ness; visibility of subcutaneous veins. — De- velopment of hair, on the head and elsewhere; its colour; arrangement and mode of growth. — Complexion. Countenance of patient : its physiognomical ex- pression.— Prominence of eyes; colour and vascularity of conjunctive; colour of irides, alike or not in the two eyes ? various in differ- ent parts of the same iris; size of pupil.— Thickness of lips, etc. Form of hands, fingers and feet; conformation of nails; condition of skin on hands, etc.; connection of the above with habits and occu- pation of the individual.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28115685_0030.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
