Symptomatology, or, The art of detecting disease : a lecture occasionally read to the pupils at the Westminster Hospital, and published according to their request : to which are added, tables of symptoms / by Alex. P. Buchan.

  • Buchan, A. P. (Alexander Peter), 1764-1824.
Date:
1824
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    undulating pulse, and suppression of other evacuations. SWEAT, in fevers, before signs of concoction, of no utility; often portends a tedious disease, or death. H. when salutary, in fevers, continues some time, and evidently relieves the patient. H. critical, generally preceded by rigour. H. SYMPTOMS, violent, at the beginning of any dis- ease, indicates danger. H. bad, suddenly vanishing, without ap- parent cause, often presage death. H. good or bad, in fevers, suddenly su- pervening, without cause, afford no certain in- dication. B, — dangerous, in proportion to their number, violence, and importance of the part affected. TACITURNITY, with delirium, in fevers, bad. B. TASTE, imperfect, or depraved : Agheustia. bitter, without fever, with want of appetite, dizziness, and gnawing at the pit of the sto- mach, frequently caused by indigestion. bittef, with bitter eructations, indicates bile in the stomach. bitter, perceived only during mastication, is caused by a bitterness in the saliva. bitter, with bilious vomiting, in putrid dy- sentery. disagreeable, a frequent symptom in con- I