Notes of lectures on the theory and practice of medicine : delivered in the Jefferson Medical College, at Philadelphia / by John Eberle.

  • Eberle, John, 1787-1838.
Date:
1827
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Notes of lectures on the theory and practice of medicine : delivered in the Jefferson Medical College, at Philadelphia / by John Eberle. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

    19/260
    Acute pain in the abdominal viscera: features acute; forehead wrinkled; brows knit; nos- trils drawn up and acute; upper lip drawn up j the under lip drawn down, exposing the teeth. Organic affections of the heart: countenance anxious; vividly flushed; prolabia livid; face turgid, (edematous, cold. In hydrothorax, the face has a pale-livid aspect. Soporose affections: flushed, livid, tumid, eyes closed or open and fixed, mouth frequently drawn to one side. In syncope: pale, shrunk, cold, and death-like. In chlorosis: pale,exsangueous; icterode; puffy; a peculiar darkness occupying the eyelids, and extending towards the temples and cheeks, and sometimes surrounding the mouth. Distinction between the icterode appearance, and the different shades of icterus, (Hall) the yel- lowish tinge in the latter is particularly seen in the albuginia of the eyes; in the former, the eyes remain untinged. The tinge of icte- rus depends on bile ;. that called icterode, on a morbid action of the cutaneous capillaries. (Hall.) Chronic irritation of the bowels: puffy counte- nance; upper lip pale and swollen ; occurs in verminous affections and in scrofula. Attitude. The healthy attitude : Advantages to be obtained from position, in the treatment of diseases. Preternatural determination to a part, diminish- ed by elevating such part: the head to be raised, in apoplexy; the extremities, when affected with inflammation. Supine position, with tremulous motion, indicates much muscular debility.