The principles of diagnosis / by Marshall Hall.

  • Hall, Marshall, 1790-1857.
Date:
1834
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    CHAPTER III. THE DIAGNOSIS OF IRRITATION, EXHAUSTION, &c. 173. The first two subjects which I now introduce to the notice of my readers, have been almost neglected by the profession. I have treated of them expressly before*, and it is now only neces- sary to detail their diagnosis. 174. Irritation, the first of these subjects, con- sists in the presence and effects of some cause of pain and suffering, or in the more immediate ef- fects of such a cause, should it be removed. The irritation of a calculus in the ureter, or in the hepatic duct, is well known to occasion severe pain and a remarkable sympathetic affection of the stomach, viz. nausea and vomitingf. The in- troduction of a bougie into the urethra sometimes induces rigor and a complete febrile paroxysm, * See the “ Researches,” &c. pp. 9—92; 201. t These two examples of irritation will be noticed more fully hereafter. It is only necessary to state, in this place, that the former is denoted by local pain, sympathetic sickness and