Clinical diagnosis

Front matter

CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS

BY

1/ ALBERT ABRAMS, M. D. o^™.

Preface To The Third Edition

rjlHE favorable reception accorded to the previous editions, has

induced the author to undertake the revision and enlargement

of this work by the addition of many synoptic tables, a chapter on

insanity, and a summary of recent methods of diagnosis. The

original character of the work has been preserved as an index to

or as an abstract of more pretentious works on the subject. " I have

gathered a posie of other men's flowers, and nothing but the thread

that binds them is mine own."

ALBERT ABRAMS, M.D.

Cooper Medical College, \ San Francisco, Jan. 12, 1894. »

Chapter I. Paqx

Examination of Medical Cases — diathesis — position of the body — expression of countenance — examination of the skin — perspiration — oedema of the skin — emphysema of the skin — temperature of the skin 1- 9

The Blood — microscopic examination of the blood — diseases of the blood 95- 102

Chapter X

The Digestive System — examination of the oesophagus — examination of the stomach — chemical analysis of the stomach — diseases of the stomach — vomiting — examination of the intestines — examination of the peritoneum

— differential diagnosis of ascites and cysts of the ovary

— examination of the faeces — examination of the liver — examination of the pancreas, omentum and retroperitoneal glands — examination of the spleen 103- 132

CHAPTER XL

Examination of the Genito-Urinary Organs — examination of the kidneys — differential diagnosis of diffused diseases of the kidneys — diagnosis of diseases of the bladder — urinary calculi — pathological concrements — the urine — secretions of the male generative organs — a synopsis of morbid urine 133 - 159

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Chapter XII. Page

The Nervous System — anatomy and physiology of the brain and spinal cord — paralysis of the cranial nerves — paralysis of the spinal nerves — testing the sensibility — motor symptoms of irritation — reflexes — examination of the nerves and muscles by electricity — instantaneous diagnosis of nervous diseases — medical ophthalmology — 160- 183

CHAPTEE XIII.

Parasites — animal parasites — vegetable parasites — bacteria oo. .184- 194