Glossology, or, The additional means of diagnosis of disease to be derived from indications and appearances of the tongue : read before the Senior Physical Society of Guy's Hospital, 4th November, 1843 / by Benjamin Ridge.

Date:
1844
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Credit: Glossology, or, The additional means of diagnosis of disease to be derived from indications and appearances of the tongue : read before the Senior Physical Society of Guy's Hospital, 4th November, 1843 / by Benjamin Ridge. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Red, Reddish, Yellow, Yellowish fur. White, Whitish fur. Secondly, as to the coverings of the tongue : Covered with numerous and crowded white points, Covered with a yellowish white and moist crust. Coated, Coated with a tenaeious viscid mucus, Coated with a soft mucous substance, and clammy. Less coated, Rather coated, Foul, Furred, Furred, resembling the fibres of coarse velvet. Loaded. Thirdly, as to the papill.® : Universal enlargement of the papillae, Elongated florid papillae, Papillae greatly enlarged at posterior part. Papillae elongated at the tip, resembling a tassel or fringe. Fourthly, as to general appearances: Aphthous, (Edematous, Chapped, Creased or folded, Dry,