Science of Signs and Symptoms (eBook)

Front Cover 1
The Science of Signs and Symptoms: In Relation to Modern Diagnosis and Treatment: A Textbook for General Practitioners of Medicine 4
Table of Contents 10
PREFACE TO THIRD EDITION 6
EXTRACT FROM PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION 7
PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION 8
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 16
CHAPTER I. LIFE AS A CLINICAL ENTITY 18
CHAPTER II. CONSCIOUSNESS 22
CHAPTER III. DELIRIUM 30
CHAPTER IV. VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT 33
CHAPTER V. SENSATION 47
The Pathways of Sensation 57
CHAPTER VI. HEADACHE 67
CHAPTER VII. REFLEXES 72
CHAPTER VIII. MUSCLE TONE AND POSTURE 84
CHAPTER IX. CONVULSIONS 88
CHAPTER X. EQUILIBRIUM, VERTIGO, ATAXIA, GAIT 91
CHAPTER XI. TREMOR, CHOREA, ATHETOSIS 100
CHAPTER XII. SPEECH 106
CHAPTER XIII. THE CEREBRO-SPINAL FLUID 115
CHAPTER XIV. SIGHT AND THE REFLEXES OF THE EYE 121
THE REFLEXES OF THE EYE 134
NYSTAGMUS 139
CHAPTER XV. HEARING. TASTE 142
THE EXTERNAL EAR 142
THE MIDDLE EAR 143
THE INTERNAL EAR 146
CHAPTER XVI. THE RATE OF THE HEART BEAT 152
Increased Heart Rate, Tachycardia 153
CHAPTER XVII. THE PULSE AND THE HEART SOUNDS 159
THE PULSE 159
THE HEART SOUNDS 167
CHAPTER XVIII. THE POLYGRAPH. THE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPH THE VENOUS PULSE 174
THE VENOUS PULSE 174
THE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPH 179
CHAPTER XIX. BLOOD PRESSURE 183
CHAPTER XX. HÆMORRHAGE AND SHOCK. THE NATURALARREST OF HÆMORRHAGE 194
THE INTEGRATION OF THE CIRCULATION 194
HÆORRHAGE AND ALLIED CONDITIONS 197
INCREASED CAPACITY OF THE CIRCULATION.SURGICAL SHOCK 199
THE NATURAL ARREST OF HÆORRHAGE 208
CHAPTER XXI. THE HISTOLOGY OF THE BLOOD 212
CHAPTER XXII. PHYSIOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES IN RELATION TO CARDIAC EFFICIENCY AND DISEASE 229
CHAPTER XXIII. BREATHING AND FAILURE OF RESPIRATION 240
CHAPTER XXIV. CYANOSIS AND ITS RELATION TO BREATHLESSNESS. ANOXÆIA AND OXYGEN THERAPY 261
ANOXÆMIA OR OXYGEN WANT 266
OXYGEN THERAPY 272
CHAPTER XXV. THE PROTECTIVE RESPIRATORY REFLEXES 281
CHAPTER XXVI. PHYSIOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES IN FEEDING 291
ENERGY SUPPLY AND TISSUE REPAIR 291
THE FOOD AND CALORIFIC CONSUMPTION OFTHREE NORMAL PERSONS 299
CHAPTER XXVII. VITAMINS 304
CHAPTER XXVIII. SWALLOWING. DIGESTION IN THE STOMACH SWALLOWING 312
DIGESTION 313
CHAPTER XXIX. DIGESTION. INTERMEDIATE METABOLISM 325
CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM 325
FAT METABOLISM 327
METABOLISM OF PROTEIN 329
CHAPTER XXX. GASTRIC PAIN. COMMON GASTRIC AILMENTS.VOMITING 333
SOME GENERAL ÆTIOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS 343
FLATULENCE 348
VOMITING 351
X-RAY APPEARANCES IN THE BARIUM-FILLED STOMACH 355
CHAPTER XXXI. INTESTINAL MOVEMENT AND PAIN 357
INTESTINAL SENSATION 364
CHARACTERISTICS OF ABDOMINAL PAIN 366
X-RAY APPEARANCES IN THE COLON 367
CHAPTER XXXII. BILE. JAUNDICE 368
THE FORMATION AND EXCRETION OF BILE 368
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE METABOLIC RATE 373
THE METABOLIC RATE AND THE THYROID GLAND 375
THE THYROID AND SIMPLE GOITRE 377
CHAPTER XXXIV. BLOOD-SUGAR AND PANCREATIC EFFICIENCY 380
Diabetes Mellitus 385
CHAPTER XXXV. DISORDERS OF METABOLISM 390
CHAPTER XXXVI. BODY WEIGHT 399
CHAPTER XXXVII. GROWTH 406
CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE URINE 416
MICTURITION 416
THE URINE 418
THE CONSTITUENTS OF THE URINE 423
PROTECTIVE SYNTHESIS 428
PATHOLOGICAL SUBSTANCES IN URINE 429
CHAPTER XXXIX. OEDEMA AND THE WATER CONTENT OF THE BODY 433
CHAPTER XL. THE TEMPERATURE OF THE BODY 445
CHAPTER XLI. THE SKIN 456
CHAPTER XLII. HYPERSENSITIVITY AND ALLERGY 463
MENSTRUATION 468
CHAPTER XLIII: THE ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM OF THE BODY 473
ALVEOLAR CARBON DIOXIDE AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE 477
HYDROGEN ION CONCENTRATION 480
ACIDOSIS AND ALKALOSIS 482
CHAPTER XLIV. THE AUTONOMIG NERVOUS SYSTEM 486
CHAPTER XLV. EXERCISE AND REST 498
THE EFFECT OF EXERCISE 498
THE EFFECT OF LACK OF EXERCISE 506
THE NECESSITY FOR REST, SLEEP, AND INTEREST 509
CHAPTER XLVI. PROTECTION AGAINST DISEASE 516
CHAPTER XLVII. PHYSIOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES IN THE TREATMENT OF CERTAIN EMERGENCIES 524
CHAPTER XLVIII. THE PSYCHOLOGICAL PRODUCTION OF SYMPTOMS 532
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 549
INDEX 558