Physical Signs in Medicine and Surgery: An Atlas of Rare, Lost and Forgotten Physical Signs : Includes a Collection of Extraordinary Papers in Medicine, Surgery and the Scientific MethodPhysical Signs in Medicine and Surgery - An Atlas of Rare, Lost and Forgotten Physical Signs: The work for this text began over two decades ago as Dr. Ashley White was researching ancient diseases and their initial presentations for prevention of future pandemic plagues. This evidence based paleopathology research has granted Dr. White access to some of the world's most sensitive archaeological sites. These locations have been in England, Scotland, North and Central America, Nine additional countries in Europe, Asia - including Russia and China, the Middle East, North and Sub-Sahara Africa, and South America including the Amazon Basin. This comprehensive Atlas was originally conceived for doctors providing needed care in dangerous, rugged and remote situations often created by catastrophe, disasters, epidemics, and military conflicts. It is within these serious environments that this Atlas can assist practitioners find the most obscure and difficult diagnosis where access to x-rays and modern laboratory equipment are often impossible. Designed with a unique reference style of key words tagged to known medical systems the Atlas functions as an easy to use clinical field manual whether in use in an advanced medical care unit or in the harsh realm of the jungle. This extensive compendium of rare medical findings, together with an incredible group of landmark essays make this the most complete Atlas of physical signs ever published. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 13 |
JOURNEYS IN DIVERSE PLACES | 253 |
AN ACCOUNT OF THE SORE THROAT ATTENDED WITH ULCERS | 287 |
ON PERCUSSION OF THE CHEST | 317 |
CHICKEN | 332 |
AN ACCOUNT OF A PECULIAR DISEASE OF THE HEART | 385 |
ON THE FRACTURE OF THE CARPAL EXTREMITY OF THE RADIUS | 400 |
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Common terms and phrases
AACM abdominal abscess acute affected albumen American physician anatomy aorta aortic APMD appearance ARPS arteries atropine attack blood body bone called cardiac Cardiovascular caused cavity century chest clinical contraction cow-pox death Dermatologic diagnosis dilatation DIMD Endocrine English physician eruption examination existence fatal fingers flexion fluid fracture French physician frequently Gastrointestinal German physician hand heart Hematologic Hippocrates indicating Infectious disease Immunology inflammation inoculated intestine known lesions liver lungs medicine membrane mitral direct mouth mucous murmur muscles Muscular Skeletal nature nerve Neurologic neurologist Nutritional observed occurred Oncology Ophthalmic Oral Maxillofacial organic Otolaryngology pain paralysis patient percussion phenomenon physician Poisoning practice present produced puerperal fever pulse pupil pustule Reflex sign regurgitant Renal Reproductive Respiratory rhonchus side sign seen skin smallpox sound surgeon swelling symptoms systolic TAIMD TAPMD Typhus ulcer urine valves variolous variolous matter ventricle virus vomiting wound yellow fever zoonotic