Clinical histories, with comments / by Henry Day.

  • Day, Henry.
Date:
1866
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Credit: Clinical histories, with comments / by Henry Day. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    History 4.—continued. page Stranguaiy rarely occurs from tlie blister treatment... 84 Blistered surfaces sometimes difficult to beal... ... ib. “Modus operand!” not thoroughly understood ... ib. No particular acid got rid of in the serum ... ... 85 The urine becomes either alkaline or neutral... ... ib. History 5. Rheumatic Fever without Pain ... 86 Disorder not necessarily disease ... ... ... ib. Specific blood poison in rheumatism not yet known... 87 The disorder may be of spinal origin ... ... ... ib. Views of Doctors Mitchell, Moorehouse, and Keen ... ib. Nerve lesions tend to produce rheumatism of the joints ib. Dr. Sutton’s, case of pericai'ditis preceding a rheumatic attack ... ... ... ... ... ... 90 No pain or swelling of the joints ... ... ... ib. Chomel and Graves on rheumatism without arthritic symptoms ... ... ... ... ... ... ib. Differences of type may be occasioned by constitutional differences ... ... ... ... ... ... ib. Acute rheumatism without pain—case ... ... 91 Suddeimess of attack ... ... ... ... ... 92 Mistaken by patient for paralysis ... ... ... ib. Spinal tenderness present ... ... ... ... ib. Stiffness of the joints but no pain ... ... ... 97 Comments ... ... ... ... ... ... ib. Tlie chemical theory generally accepted ... ... 98 An examination of the spine usually affords evidence of tenderness ... ... ... ... ... 99 Rheumatism and gout considered to be “inevitables” 100 The public opinion of medical specifics ... ... The American opinion as to spinal initation probably correct ... ... ... ... ••• ••• ib. History 6. Chorea from Spinal Irritation ... 101 Diversity of opinion as to the cause of chorea ... ib. The disorder prone to return ... ... ... ... ib. Do all cases of chorea arise from one and the same cause ? ib.