The nomenclature of diseases drawn up by a joint committee appointed by the Royal College of Physicians of London : (subject to decennial revision).

  • Royal College of Physicians of London.
Date:
1896
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Credit: The nomenclature of diseases drawn up by a joint committee appointed by the Royal College of Physicians of London : (subject to decennial revision). Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    EXPLANATIONS. The following Explanations are offered for the guidance of persons using the Nomenclature for purposes of registration of diseases : The name of the disease to be registered should first be sought iu the Alphabetical Index at the end of the book. It will be observed that the names in the Index are printed, for the most part, in Egyptian type, a smaller number being printed in Italics. The Egyptian type denotes names which ai’e recognised in this Nomenclature ; the Italic^ names which are not recognised. To the names in Italics are added references showing under what recognised names the disease supposed to be indicated should be returned. The numbers not included in. parentheses show the page on which the name under which the return should be made is to be found. The numbers included in ])arenthese& show other pages on which the name is recorded, for purpose of cross- reference, but not for ordinary returns. In referring from the Index to the body of the book it will be observed that the name of every disease is preceded by a number, and that some names are printed in Roman type, others in Italics. The names printed in Roman type are to be returned just as they stand; the names printed in Italics are not to be returned as the)’ stand. Ta each of them is prefixed a number included in brackets marking the position of the proper return. The names in Italics indicate, for the most part, local manifestations of general diseases, and the references- are intendid to ensure the return of such local manifestations under their common causal name—to aid, in fact, the primary classification of registered names of diseases.* It will be obvious that the names in Italics are placed in the several sections of local diseases in order to effect completeness of classification^ and ultimately to help reference. Where it is thought necessary to mention varieties or special forms of disease, they are indicated by their being “ indented ”—i.e., printed below * For example in the list of diseases of the Stomach, on page 137, Malignant New Gro-wth of that organ is included, but is printed in Italics. In making return, it should be placed among other Malignant New Gro^vths, to which the prefixed number (64) in brackets refers it.