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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    § III.—Ttie Course of Existing Disease PRIOR TO THE PATIENT COMING UNDER Observation. 40. Circumstances attending seizure: — precise period of first invasion, day of the week or month, hour of the day or night; symptom or symptoms from which commencement of illness is dated.—Where patient was at the time, in bed, in the street, etc. ?— How employed at the time?—Occurrence of seizure during a meal, after a meal; quantity and nature of meal; length of time intervening. A.—PRODROMATA. (Note intensity of supposed cause or causes of illness, the precise date of their application, their duration or repetition, and the exact period, in days or hours, between their application and the appearance of the first symptom of disease.) 41. Atmospheric states and changes:—temperature; barometric pressure; dew-point; weather; direction and force of wind; electrical state, etc. 42. Exposures :—to heat, in what way ? insolation; —exposure to cold, in what way ?—exposure to wet, in what way?—circumstances attending either of the above, and precautions subsequently taken;—use of cold baths or cold drinks when heated; alterations in clothing. 43. Exposure to atmospheric impurities:—confine- ment to close rooms and impure air;—respiration of deleterious gases (chlorine, carbonic acid, sulphuretted hydrogen); of metallic vapours (fumes of lead, copper, etc.); of vapour of phosphorus; of air containing metallic particles (e. g., during dry grinding, etc.) ;— exposure to marsh or other miasmata. 44. Ingesta.—Food: excess of, deficiency of; irregu- larity of meals;—use of unwholesome food; prolonged use of salted provisions;—deficiency or excess of animal food; deficiency or excess of vegetable food, cooked or uncooked;—use of food cooked or preserved in poison- 9 Circumstances of seizure. § III. A. Atmospheric states and changes. Exposure to heat or cold. Atmospheric impurities. Ingesta— food.