The soldier's heart and the effort syndrome / by Thomas Lewis.

  • Lewis, Thomas, Sir, 1881-1945.
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[1918]
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Credit: The soldier's heart and the effort syndrome / by Thomas Lewis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER V. Prognosis and treatment in the “effort syndrome”.. Prognosis of capacity for work Graded physical exercises as tests of fitness . . The exercises Signs and symptoms after drill Facial expression and breathlessness Precordial pain Palpitation Fainting Simulation in soldiers Examples of after-histories of soldiers discharged to duty After-histories of the earliest group Detailed consideration of after-histories Influence of rheumatic fever and length of history Incomplete after-histories of the latest group Course of the “ effort syndrome ” and, its treatment Page 82 83 84 86 89 90 91 91 92 93 95 95 96 98 99 101 CHAPTER VI. Some general considerations . . .. . . . . . . . . 104 Faulty methods of recruiting . . . . . . . . . . 104 Remarks on exercises in gauging capacity . . . . 106 Training without discrimination . . . . . . . . 108 Faults in treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Length of hospital stay . . . . . . . . . . 109 Bed treatment .. .. .. .. .. .. 110 Army terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 The future of prognosis .. .. .. .. .. .. 112 APPENDIX. Medical reports on discharged soldiers. Army forms B179a AND Z22, AND PENSION FORM A’^ . . . . . . . . . . 114 APPENDIX. On routine examination of the heart in recruits, etc. 128