Essentials of practice of medicine : arranged in the form of questions and answers, prepared especially for students of medicine / by Henry Morris ; with a very complete appendix on the examination of urine by Lawrence Wolff.

  • Morris, Henry, 1855-1929.
Date:
1894
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    surface temperature is always several degrees lower than that of the axilla, due to evaporation and the radiation of heat, The tempera- ture of the head and abdomen is nearly 3° lower, and that of the chest 2° lower than that of the axilla. GENERAL DISEASES.—(A.)EXANTHEMATOUS AND ZYMOTIC DISEASES. Fever. What are the characteristics of a fever ? Fevers are characterized by (1) an elevation of temperature ; (2) Increased rapidity of tissue change; (3) As a rule increased rapidity of flic circulation, and (4) Alteration in the secretions, which are usually diminished. What are the general indications for their treatment ? (1) Reduce th temperature by cold sponging, cold baths, quinine (gr. xx), or if the temperature is very high, by antipyretics, as antipyrine. (2) Give easily digested food in small amounts frequently re- peated, to counterbalance the waste of the tissue. (3) Regulate the circulation by alcohol, ammonia, or perhaps digitalis, if the pulse is small, weak and rapid, or by aconite, vera- trum viride, or antimony, if the pulse is full and strong. (4) Keep up the secretions by diuretics, diaphoretics or purgatives, as the case may require. Mention some of the general laws governing fevers. (1) They are all due to special poisons. (2) They are mostly contagious or infections. (3) They are mostly self-limited diseases, i. e., they run a definite course and terminate spontaneously. (4) One attack usually protects the individual from a recurrence of the disease. (5) With few exceptions there are no specifics. (6) With few exceptions fevers have no characteristic pathologwal lesions.