Hints for clinical clerks in medical cases / Westminster Hospital.

  • Westminster Hospital
Date:
[1863?]
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Credit: Hints for clinical clerks in medical cases / Westminster Hospital. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    II.—PREVIOUS HISTORY. 32. Previous history of illness: — Dura¬ tion : — Previous Symptoms: — Probable exciting cause, as cold, heat, damp, contagion, infection, marsh- miasm, excesses of any kind, want of proper nourish¬ ment, want of sufficient sleep, over-work, anxiety, over-nursing, over-breeding, and so forth :—Previous treatment, if any :— 33. Previous state of health* whether robust or delicate :—in the case of a woman, what is the history of the catamenia, pregnancies, con¬ finements, miscarriages, number of children, living and dead, and so on:—Previous illnesses, if any, and particularly whether any bearing upon the present illness, as rheumatic fever in the case of heart-disease, infantile convulsions in the case of epilepsy, and so on : — Previous manner of life, with respect to trade or occupation, diet, temperance, residence, cleanliness, dress, protection from cold or heat, exercise, the use of tobacco or other narcotics, venereal indulgences, sleep, and so forth. 34. Family history* whether entitled to a clean bill of health or not, and particularly whether any near relative, and which near relative, has suf¬ fered from the same or a kindred disease. III.—TREATMENT.