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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Credit: 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. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THIRST, in acute diseases, suddenly ceasing, bad. H. extreme, in pulmonic complaints, bad. H. with the surface of the body cold, in con- tinued fevers, bad. H. wanting, in acute fevers, with a dry, foul, or black tongue, fatal. H, with much pain, in dysentery, bad. H. generally a symptom in a dropsy of the chest or abdomen. a frequent symptom in continued fevers, except malignant gaol-fevers. frequent in a Diabetes. constant in Phthisis Pulmonalis. extreme, in an abscess of the liver. THROAT, red and swelled, with painful deglutition, are symptoms of inflammatory Sore-throat: Cynanche Toncelaris. deep red, with whitish specks, gradually spreading; easy deglutition, extreme debility, quick, small, irregular pulse, are symptoms of a malignant or putrid Sore-throat. TONGUE, tremulous, in fevers, a symptom of De- lirium. H. tremulous, with redness of the nostrils, often portends a dangerous Diarrhea. tremulous and black, in fevers, generally fatal. H. black, early in fevers, indicates an early termination. H. I 2