What to observe at the bed-side and after death in medical cases / edited by Edward Ballard.

  • 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 / edited by Edward Ballard. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    holic drinks are taken; taken in place of food; before, with, or after meals.—Habit of tippling (liquor com- monly used); habit and frequency of intoxication.— Habitual use of strong tea or coffee, cool or very hot ? 15. Clothing and firing :—sufficient or not, by day and by night? use of flannel clothing; clothing of feet.—Habitual use of tight stays or neck-cloths.— Sufficiency of bedding and bed-clothes. 16. Cleanliness:—of person; habitual change of clothing; ablutions; habitual use of baths, and of what kind? of sea-bathing;—of bedding and bed- clothes ; their saturation with urine, discharges, etc.; purification of them ;—of habitation; flooring, walls ; frequency of whitewashing; if a public institution, the use of water or dry rubbing in cleansing the wards? etc. 17. Exercise:—number of hours devoted to it; place; time of day; special character of exercise. 18. Sleep:—number of hours habitually taken; period of twenty-four hours in which taken; rest habitually broken or undisturbed ? 19. Study:—number of hours habitually devoted to it; its special nature and object. 20. Medicines or other therapeutical agents habi- tually used (purgatives, issues, blisters, bloodletting, chloroform, etc.); ostensible reason for their use. 21. Habitual use of narcotic drugs, etc.—Opium, quantity used (stating whether the information is de- rived from the patient or from other sources); how long habituated to it ?—Tobacco; mode of using it (by smoking, snuffing, or chewing) ; quantity used daily or weekly; habitually used before or after meals. 22. Peculiar habits. 23. Venereal indulgences; habitual frequency.— Masturbation (28). B.—PREVIOUS GENERAL HEALTH. 24. Infantile health.—Vaccination; age at which performed; its success.—Re-vaccination; age at which performed; its success;—character of cicatrices.—Va- riolous inoculation; age at which performed; severity or mildness of disease ; number of pustules;—character 5 intoxicating drinks. strong tea or coffee. Clothing & firing. tight ligatures, bedding. Cleanliness— of person. bedding. habitation. Exercise. Sleep. Study. Medicines. Narcotic drugs— opium. tobacco. Peculiar habits. Venereal indul- gences. § II. B. Infantile health- vaccination, re-vaccination, variolous ino- culation.