French's Index of Differential Diagnosis (eBook)

Front Cover 1
French's Index of Differential Diagnosis 3
Copyright Page 5
Preface to the Eleventh Edition 6
Preface to the First Edition 8
List of Contributors and their Subjects 10
FRENCH'S INDEX OF DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS 14
CHAPTER A 14
ABDOMEN, RIGIDITY OF 14
ABDOMINAL PAIN, ACUTE, LOCALIZED:'COLIC 17
ABDOMINAL PAIN (GENERAL) 20
ALOPECIA 28
AMENORRHOEA 32
AMINO-ACIDURIA 35
AMNESIA (LOSS OF MEMORY) 36
ANAEMIA 38
ANGIOMA 72
ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR 73
ANURIA 76
ANUS, BLOOD PASSED THROUGH 80
ANXIETY 86
AORTA, UNDUE PULSATION OF 88
APPETITE, ABNORMAL 88
ASCITES 88
ATAXIA 93
AURA 96
AXILLA, SWELLING IN 96
CHAPTER B 97
BABINSKI'S SIGN 97
BACK, PAIN IN 98
BACTERIURIA 104
BEARING-DOWN PAIN 105
BLOOD-PRESSURE, ABNORMAL 106
BONE, SWELLING ON 113
BORBORYGMI 124
BRADYCARDIA 124
BREAST, PAIN IN 127
BREATH, FOULNESS OF 127
BULLAE 128
CHAPTER C 128
CACHEXIA 132
CARDIAC MURMURS 132
CEREBROSPINAL FLUID, EXAMINATIONOF 136
CHEST, BLOODY EFFUSION IN 141
CHEST, DEFORMITY OF 142
CHEST, PAIN IN 146
CHEST, PUS IN 156
CHEST, SEROUS EFFUSION IN 159
CHEST, TENDERNESS IN 162
CHEST X-RAY ABNORMALITY IN 'SYMPTOMLESS' SUBJECTS 164
CHEYNE-STOKES RESPIRATION 173
CHORDEE 174
CHYLURIA 175
CLAW-FOOT (PIED-EN-GRIFFE) 175
CLAW-HAND (MAIN-EN-GRIFFE) 175
CLUB-FOOT OR TALIPES 177
COMA 180
CONFABULATION 184
CONJUNCTIVA, NON-INFLAMMATORY AFFECTIONS OF 185
CONSCIOUSNESS, DISORDERS OF 186
CONVULSIONS AND FITS 194
CRACKLING, EGG SHELL 205
CRAMPS 205
CREPITUS 206
CYANOSIS 207
CYSTINURIA 212
CHAPTER D 212
DEAFNESS 213
DELIRIUM 217
DELUSIONS 219
DEMENTIA 220
DEPERSONALIZATION 222
DEPRESSION 222
DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIA 224
DIARRHOEA 225
DIPLOPIA 227
DROP ATTACKS 230
DWARFISM 230
DYSMENORRHOEA 242
DYSPAREUNIA 244
DYSPHAGIA 245
DYSPNOEA 249
CHAPTER E 249
EARACHE (OTALGIA) 262
ELECTRODIAGNOSIS 265
EMPHYSEMA, SURGICAL 265
ENOPHTHALMOS (OR RETRACTIONOF THE EYEBALL) 265
ENURESIS 266
EOSINOPHILIA 266
EPIGASTRIUM, PAIN IN 267
EPIPHORA 269
EPISTAXIS 269
ERYTHEMA 270
EUPHORIA, EXCITEMENT, ELATION, AND ECSTASY 274
EYE, INFLAMMATION OF 276
EYE, PAIN IN 279
EYELIDS, AFFECTIONS OF 280
CHAPTER F 280
FACE, PAIN IN 281
FACE, PARALYSIS OF 282
FACE, SWELLING OF 284
FACE, ULCERATION OF 285
FACIES, ABNORMALITIES OF 286
FAECES, INCONTINENCE OF 295
FAINTING 296
FATIGUE 298
FEMORAL SWELLING 298
FEVER, PROLONGED (PROLONGEDPYREXIA) 300
FINGERS, DEAD 315
FINGERS, SORE 316
FLATULENCE 316
FLUSHING 317
FOOT, ULCERATION OF 317
FOREHEAD, ENLARGEMENT OF 318
FRACTURE, SPONTANEOUS 320
FRIGIDITY 321
CHAPTER G 321
GAIT, ABNORMALITIES OF 322
GALL-BLADDER ENLARGEMENT 324
GANGRENE 326
GIGANTISM (TALL STATURE) 330
GIRDLE PAIN 332
GLYCOSURIA 333
GUMS, BLEEDING 336
GUMS, RETRACTION OF 338
GYNAECOMASTIA 338
CHAPTER H 338
HAEMATEMESIS 342
HAEMATURIA 351
HAEMOGLOBINURIA 363
HAEMOPTYSIS 365
HALLUCINATIONS 370
HEAD, RETRACTION OF 371
HEADACHE 375
HEART, ENLARGEMENT OF 378
HEART IMPULSE, DISPLACED 391
HEART-SOUNDS, ACCENTUATION AND DIMINUTION OF 395
HEART-SOUNDS, SPLITTING TRIPLERHYTHM
HEARTBURN 398
HEEL, PAIN IN 399
HEMIANOPIA 400
HEMIPLEGIA 404
HICCUP 408
HIRSUTISM 409
HOARSENESS (OR CHANGE INTHE VOICE) 412
HYDROGEN ION HOMEOSTASIS(ACID-BASE BALANCE) 413
HYPERPYREXIA 418
HYPERSOMNIA 418
HYPOCHONDRIASIS 419
HYPOCHONDRIUM (LEFT), PAIN IN 420
HYPOCHONDRIUM (RIGHT), PAIN IN 421
HYPOTHERMIA 422
CHAPTER I 422
ILIAC FOSSA (LEFT), PAIN IN 423
ILIAC FOSSA (LEFT), SWELLING IN 424
ILIAC FOSSA (RIGHT), PAIN IN 426
ILIAC FOSSA (RIGHT), SWELLING IN 430
IMPOTENCE 433
INDICANURIA 434
INDIGESTION 435
INGUINAL SWELLING 437
INGUINOSCROTAL SWELLING 440
INSOMNIA 441
INTESTINAL PARASITES 443
INTRA RANTAL BR IT 445
CHAPTER J 445
JAUNDICE 446
JAW, LOWER, PAIN IN 460
JAW, LOWER, SWELLING OF 461
JAW, UPPER, PAIN IN 464
JAW, UPPER, SWELLING OF 464
JOINTS, AFFECTIONS OF 465
CHAPTER K 465
KELOID 482
KETO-ACIDOSIS 482
KIDNEY, ENLARGEMENT OF 483
KIDNEY, TESTS OF FUNCTION OF 500
CHAPTER L 465
LASSITUDE OR WEARINESS 502
LEG, ULCERATION OF 502
LEUCOCYTOSIS 506
LEUCOPENIA 508
LIMBS, LOWER, PAIN IN 509
LIMBS, UPPER, PAIN IN 513
LINEAE ALBICANTES 516
LIPS, AFFECTIONS OF 516
LIVER, ENLARGEMENT OF 516
LIVER, TESTS OF FUNCTION OF 523
LYMPH-NODE (LYMPHATIC GLAND)ENLARGEMENT 526
CHAPTER M 465
MACULES 530
MALLET FINGER 531
MAMMARY SWELLING 532
MARASMUS 535
MELAENA 536
MENORRHAGIA 537
MENTAL SUBNORMALITY 539
MERYCISM (RUMINATION) 542
METEORISM 542
METRORRHAGIA 544
MICTURITION, ABNORMALITIES OF 549
MOUTH, PIGMENTATION OF 556
MOVEMENTS, INVOLUNTARY 557
MUSCULAR ATROPHY 565
CHAPTER N 465
NAILS, AFFECTIONS OF 571
NAILS, FUNGOUS AFFECTIONS OF 574
NAPKIN-REGION ERUPTIONS 574
NASAL DISCHARGE 575
NASAL OBSTRUCTION 577
NAUSEA 578
NECK, STIFF 579
NECK, SWELLING OF 581
NIGHTMARES 584
NIPPLE, DISCHARGE FROM 585
NODULES 586
NOSE, REGURGITATION OFFOOD THROUGH 591
NYSTAGMUS 592
CHAPTER O 592
OBESITY 592
OBSESSIONS 599
OEDEMA, ASYMMETRICAL 600
OEDEMA, SYMMETRICAL 602
ONE EXTREMITY (LOWER),PARALYSIS OF 606
ONE EXTREMITY (UPPER),PARALYSIS OF 609
OPHTHALMOSCOPIC APPEARANCES 616
OPISTHOTONOS 621
ORTHOPNOEA 622
OTORRHOEA 624
OXALURIA 623
CHAPTER P 592
PAIN 624
PALPITATIONS 625
PAPULES 626
PARAPLEGIA 631
PELVIC SWELLING 639
PELVIS, PAIN IN 643
PENILE SORES 644
PENIS, PAIN IN 647
PERINEAL SORES 653
PERINEUM, PAIN IN 654
PERISTALSIS, VISIBLE 655
PHANTOM LIMBS 656
PHENYLKETONURIA (Phenylpyruvic Oligophrenia: Phenylpyruvic Amentia) 656
PHOSPHATURIA 656
PHOTOPHOBIA 657
PILIMICTION 657
PNEUMATURIA 657
PNEUMOTHORAX 658
POLYCYTHAEMIA 661
POLYURIA 663
POPLITEAL SWELLING 664
PORPHYRIAS 666
POST-PERICARDIOTOMY SYNDROME 668
PRECORDIAL THRILLS 669
PRIAPISM 669
PROTEINURIA 670
PRURITUS 672
PRURITUS VULVAE 673
PTOSIS 673
PTYALISM 674
PULSATILE SWELLING 675
PULSE, IRREGULAR 676
PULSES, UNEQUAL 680
PUPIL, ABNORMALITIES OF 681
PURPURA 682
PUSTULES 690
PYURIA 691
CHAPTER R 691
RECTUM, ABNORMALITIES FELT PER 703
REFLEXES, ABNORMALITIES OF 706
RIGORS OR CHILLS 707
RISUS SARDONICUS 710
CHAPTER S 710
SALIVARY GLANDS, SWELLING OF 710
SALPINGO-OOPHORITIS, CHRONIC(TUBO-OVARIAN ABSCESS, PYOSALPINX,HYDROSALPINX) 712
SCABS 713
SCALP AND BEARD, FUNGOUSAFFECTIONS OF 714
SCALP, TENDERNESS OF 715
SCALY ERUPTIONS 716
SCROTAL SORES 721
SCROTAL SWELLING 723
SCROTUM, SURFACE AFFECTIONS OF 727
SENSATION, SOMEABNORMALITIES OF 727
SEXUAL PRECOCITY 735
SHOULDER, PAIN IN 736
SKIN, FUNGOUS AFFECTIONS OF 739
SKIN HARDENING 740
SKIN, PIGMENTATION OF 741
SKIN SIGNS OF INTERNAL CARCINOMA 744
SKIN, TUMOURS OF 744
SLEEP-WALKING 747
SMELL, ABNORMALITIES OF 747
SNEEZING 748
SNORING 748
SPASTIC STATES 749
SPEECH, ABNORMALITIES OF 749
SPINAL CURVATURE 752
SPLEEN, ENLARGEMENT OF 759
SPUTUM 766
SQUINT 768
STEATORRHOEA 769
STERILITY 770
STERTOR 773
STIFF-MAN SYNDROME 773
STOMACH, DILATATION OF 773
STOMACH, TESTS OF FUNCTION OF 775
STOOLS, MUCUS IN 776
STOOLS, PUS IN 777
STRANGURY 777
STRIDOR 778
STUPOR 779
SUCCUSSION SOUNDS 780
SWEATING, ABNORMALITIES OF 783
CHAPTER T 783
TACHE CEREBRALE 783
SWEATING, ABNORMALITIES OF 783
TACHE CEREBRALE 783
TACHYCARDIA 784
TASTE, ABNORMALITIES OF 786
TEETH, GRINDING OF, DURING SLEEP 787
TESTICLE, PAIN IN 787
TESTICULAR ATROPHY 793
TENESMUS 795
THIRST, EXTREME 796
THROAT, SORE 797
THYROID GLAND ENLARGEMENT 801
THYROID, TESTS OF FUNCTION OF 803
TINNITUS 807
TONGUE, PAIN IN 809
TONGUE, SWELLING OF 811
TONGUE, ULCERATION OF 812
TRISMUS 815
CHAPTER U 815
UMBILICAL REGION, PAIN IN 816
URETHRA, FAECES PASSED THROUGH 817
URETHRAL DISCHARGE 818
URINE, ABNORMAL COLORATION OF 820
URINE, BILE IN 822
URINE, STRESS INCONTINENCE OF 823
URINE, URIC ACID ANDURATES IN 823
CHAPTER V 823
VAGINA AND UTERUS, PROLAPSE OF 824
VAGINAL DISCHARGE 824
VAGINAL SWELLING 826
VEINS, VARICOSE ABDOMINAL 828
VEINS, VARICOSE THORACIC 829
VERTIGO 830
VESICLES 832
VISION, DEFECTS OF 838
VISION, SUBJECTIVEDISTURBANCES OF 842
VOMITING 842
VULVAL SWELLING 846
CHAPTER W 846
WEALS 849
WEIGHT, LOSS OF 850
CHAPTER Y 850
YAWNING 852
INDEX 854