What to observe at the bed-side and after death in medical cases / published under the authority of the London Medical Society of Observation.

Date:
1853
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Credit: What to observe at the bed-side and after death in medical cases / published under the authority of the London Medical Society of Observation. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    rounding part, etc.;—vascularity;—size of vessels.— Ecchymoses.—Surface: moist; sticky; dry;—smooth; rough, physical characters of inequalities producing roughness;—polished or not? glistening, bright, pearly; dull;—puckered; situation and extent of puckering; condition of subjacent tissue.—Substance: transparent or opaque?—thickness; if increased, extent of thick- ening; appearance of thickened part on section;— consistence;—opaque white patches; their size and shape; are there corresponding patches on opposed serous surface?—semi-cartilaginous patches;—ossific deposit; its thickness, size; consistence; friability; denuded of serous membrane at any part, or covered by it at all parts?—tubercles or tuberculous-looking matter (644);—cancerous-looking matter (688 et seq.) — Ulcers (624); sloughs (618 et seq.)-, ruptures, situation, extent; perforations (625); fistuke (618 et seq.); wounds (626); cysts (634); cicatrices (629). — Malformations; their character; — absence of membrane; over what extent ? apparent cause of absence; condition of edges of membrane where ab- sence commences. 599. Sub-serous tissue:—colour;—consistence, de- gree of laxity or firmness; thickness;—infiltration with serum, pus, etc.;—containing blood, extent, cha- racter, colour, etc., of effusion; apparent source of blood; extent to which it elevates membrane;—em- physema.—Tumours beneath serous membrane (631 etseq.);—tubercular-looking matter (644); cancerous- looking matter (638 et seq.)-, cysts (634 et seq.), ossific matter, etc. Redness. 600. Situation of redness, especially with reference to the position of the subject.—Extent of redness ;— edge defined or gradually shading off into colour of surrounding parts ?—Hue: bright red, scarlet, dusky red, violet, brownish red, verging to grey;—if there be two tints, note their relative situation and amount. —Form: uniform, from staining, from juxtaposition of capillaries; punctiform, punctee formed by minute extravasations of blood, by peculiar arrangement of injected vessels; capillary; ramiform (large or small ?) —Degree of fatness of veins leading from the red part ecchymoses. surface. substance. ulcers, sloughs, etc. malformations. Sub-serous tissue— colour, consistence, thickness, infiltration, etc. tumours, etc. Redness. Situation— extent. hue. form. fulness of veins.