Our plan here makes suitable only a
short account of the principal symptoms
found in connection with different parts of
the body, and their meaning; or, at least,
the conditions with which they are most
likel}^ to be associated.
Symptoms Affecting the Skin.
The skin is hot and dry in fever.
Moisture is nearly always a favorable
sign. Ivxceptions are, the cold and clammy
perspiration of great prostration , nnd the
copious sweating o{ advanced ionsn))iplioii .
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Emaciation (wasting) is seen generally
in those long sick. Sometimes it occurs
rapidly, as in severe diarrhoea, or in the
summer complaint of children.
The color of the skin may be changed
considerably in disease. The face is —
Pai,K, during fainting, with sick stomach,
and in anaemic persons.
Flushed, in fever, early stage of apo-
plexy, or intoxication.
Chkkks brightly fi^ushed, in hectic
fever of consumptives.
PuRPivE or 1,1 viD, in typhoid or typhus
fever.
YKiyivOW, in jaundice, bilious fever, and
yellow fever.
Sallow, in chlorosis, dyspepsia, and
cancer.
Bluk, in the collapse of cholera, and
cyanosis.
Black, almost, in suffocation from any
cause.
Eruptions upon the skin belong to cer-
tain other diseases.
Symptoms Presented by the Mouth, etc.
The TONGUE is pale, in anemic persons ;
red in scarlet fever, inflamed mouth, and
sometimes when the stomach is inflamed
{gastritis) ; furred, in indigestion, and very
often in fever ; brown, or black, cracked
and fissured, in low fevers, as typhoid or
typhus. It is pushed out with difficulty in
low fevers, and after an apoplectic attack ;
going to one side, in paralysis affecting one
side only.
The TKKTH are covered with thick brown
stuff called " sordes " in low febrile states.
They are loosened, sometimes, by severe
salivation, from large doses of mercury —
(not now given by regular physicians).
The GUMS are swollen, soft, and spongy,
and disposed to bleed easily in scurvy. A
blue line along the gums is observed in lead-
poisoning ; a red line, occasionally, in ad-
vancing consumption. Swelling and sore-
ness of the gums, with tenderness of the
teeth and a " coppery " taste in the mouth,
are signs of mercurial salivation.
Increase of saliva gives the name to this
affection, once not uncommon in medical
practice. Iodide of potassium, taken medi-
cinally, will sometimes salivate. I^arge
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doses of jaborayidi, or its active principle,
pilocarpin, generally does so.
The TASTE is morbid bitter in disorder
of the liver ; sour, often, in dyspepsia , salt-
ish, with spitting of blood ; putrid in gan-
grene of the lungs.
The Throat.
Difficulty of swallowing may result
from inflamfnatiofi of the tonsils or gullet
{pharynx) ; spasmodic closure of the throat ;
permanent narrowing or stricture of the
pharynx or lower gullet {oesophagus) ; ob-
structio7i, as from a bone, etc. ; paralysis, as
after diphtheria, or extreme weakness, in the
dying state.
Thirst is excessive in two opposite con-
ditions : high fever and low collapse.
The Stomach.
Appetite is almost always deficient in
both acute and chronic disease ; most so,
however, in the former, as a rule. Per-
verted appetite occurs in case of chlorosis,
and in some hysterical subjects.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Our plan here makes suitable only a short account of the principal symptoms found in connection with different parts of the body, and their meaning; or, at least, the conditions with which they are most likely to be associated.
Symptoms Affecting the Skin.
The skin is hot and dry in fever.
Moisture is nearly always a favorable sign. Exceptions are, the cold and clammy perspiration of great prostration , nnd the copious sweating o{ advanced consumption. .
Emaciation (wasting) is seen generally in those long sick. Sometimes it occurs rapidly, as in severe diarrhoea, or in the summer complaint of children.
The color of the skin may be changed considerably in disease. The face is —
Pale, during fainting, with sick stomach, and in anaemic persons.
Flushed, in fever, early stage of apoplexy, or intoxication.
Cheeks brightly flushed,, in hectic fever of consumptives.
Purple or livid, in typhoid or typhus fever.
Yellow, in jaundice, bilious fever, and yellow fever.
Sallow, in chlorosis, dyspepsia, and cancer.
Blue, in the collapse of cholera, and cyanosis.
Black, almost, in suffocation from any cause.
Eruptions upon the skin belong to certain other diseases.
Symptoms Presented by the Mouth, etc.
The TONGUE is pale, in anemic persons ; red in scarlet fever, inflamed mouth, and sometimes when the stomach is inflamed {gastritis) ; furred, in indigestion, and very often in fever ; brown, or black, cracked and fissured, in low fevers, as typhoid or typhus. It is pushed out with difficulty in low fevers, and after an apoplectic attack ; going to one side, in paralysis affecting one side only.
The Teeth are covered with thick brown stuff called " sordes " in low febrile states. They are loosened, sometimes, by severe salivation, from large doses of mercury — (not now given by regular physicians).
The GUMS are swollen, soft, and spongy, and disposed to bleed easily in scurvy. A blue line along the gums is observed in leadpoisoning ; a red line, occasionally, in advancing consumption. Swelling and soreness of the gums, with tenderness of the teeth and a " coppery " taste in the mouth, are signs of mercurial salivation.
Increase of saliva gives the name to this affection, once not uncommon in medical practice. Iodide of potassium, taken medicinally, will sometimes salivate. I^arge
doses of jaborandi, or its active principle, pilocarpine, generally does so.
The TASTE is morbid bitter in disorder of the liver ; sour, often, in dyspepsia , saltish, with spitting of blood ; putrid in gangrene of the lungs.
The Throat.
Difficulty of swallowing may result from inflammation of the tonsils or gullet {pharynx) ; spasmodic closure of the throat ; permanent narrowing or stricture of the pharynx or lower gullet {oesophagus) ; obstructio7i, as from a bone, etc. ; paralysis, as after diphtheria, or extreme weakness, in the dying state.
Thirst is excessive in two opposite conditions : high fever and low collapse.
The Stomach.
Appetite is almost always deficient in both acute and chronic disease ; most so, however, in the former, as a rule. Perverted appetite occurs in case of chlorosis, and in some hysterical subjects.