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Credit: Instructions for case-taking in the medical wards / London Hospital. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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Licence: In copyright
Credit: Instructions for case-taking in the medical wards / London Hospital. Source: Wellcome Collection.
![Loss of Consciousness.—Does patient fall ? Has he ever hurt himself? [If so, give details.] Is the Tongue bitten in the fit ? Is the Urine voided in the fit ? [C.] Post-epileptic state. (1) Immediate. Does he sleep ? Does he perform automatic acts ? Is there any weakness or paralysis of any part of the body ? (2) Remote. Is there any subsequent mental disturbance ? Headache. Constant or paroxysmal. If the latter, how often, and at what time of day does it occur ? Situation of headache. Does it extend down to the cervical region ? Is it accompanied by scalp tenderness, or by local and deep tenderness ? Vomiting. Frequency and time of occurrence. Is it preceded by nausea ? Effect of vomiting on the headache. Relation of vomiting to the ingestion of food.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28096952_0045.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
