Nausea (sick stomach), with or without ,
vomiting, is met with in indigestion, colic,
seasichiess, pregnancy (morning sickness) ,
gast?'itis (inflammation of the stomach),
hysteria (occasionally), cholera-morbus , epi-
demic cholera, bilious remitte7it fever, yellow
fever, ulcer of stomach, cancer of stomach,
straiigulatcd her^iia (rupture), obstructio7i of
the bowels, irritajit poisoyiiyig .
Symptoms Belonging to the Circulation.
Palpitation, or disturbed action of the
heart, may depend upon ififlanunation of its
iJiembra7ies {pericarditis, ejidocarditis) , e7i-
large77ient {hypertrophy ox dilatatio7i) , valvu-
lar disease, a7ioe7nia, with weaknCvSS, 7iervous
irritability (nervousness), as from strong
coffee, tobacco, etc., dyspepsia, brai7i dis-
order.
A FEVER pulse is moderately rapid, and
in the early stages of an attack, strong ;
later, soft and compressible. When violent
acute inflammation of any organ is present,
it is quickened, hard, and rather full, as a
rule.
A nervously-disturbed pulse is quick
(jerking rather than rapid), and variable,
under excitement or repose.
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In EXTREME WEAKNESS, most of all in
the dying state, the pulse is nearlj^ always
rapid and small, or "thready." A pulse
of 150 or 160 in a minute, is almost always
a sign of death. Very rarely is the pulse
slow in the dying state.
Slowness of the pulse is most marked in
compression of the brain (as in apoplexy,
fj'actiire of the skull, or hyd7vcephal7is, i.e.,
water on the brain), and in opiiun poisoning .
Occasionally the pulse is very slow in cases
of heart disorder.
Irregularity of the pulse is natural to
a small number of persons, at least in child-
hood or in old age, without other signs of
FEELING THE PULSE
disease. . It may be, otherwise, a transient
sjanptom, particularly during convalescence
from a fever. It is distinctly related to dis-
ease present, in certain cases o{ heart disease
(when it is serious) and in the third stage of
acute ?;2^;z/;2^2V/5 (inflammation of the brain).
Excessive smoking of fobaeeo sometimes pro-
duces irregularity of the pulse.
A double pulse is met with in many in-
stances of eontinued fever , typhus or typhoid.
Slowness of the capillary circulation is
occasionally shown, in morbid states, by the
tardy return of the blood when displaced by
pressure, as on the back of the hand or the
cheek. In the veins, likewise, this is notably
seen in the collapse of cholera.
Hemorrhaja^e.
While bleeding from any part of the
body is often an important symptom, it
needs to be interpreted with care. Its con-
sequence depends greatly on its qua7itity "and
the source from which the blood comes.
Thus, in bleeding at the nose, the flow of
blood may possibly result from either of the
following causes : a severe blow ; congestion
(fullness of blood) simply in the membranes
of the nose ; congestion of the brain (to which
the bleeding may give advantageous relief) ;
early stage of typhoid fever ; suppressed vien-
struatio7i (monthly discharge) of which it is
an alternative.
Spitting of blood may come from hem-
orrhage of the giuns, the back of the nostrils,
tlwoat, wiiidpipe (bronchial tubes), lungs, or
stomach.
If from the stoinach, it is preceded by
nausea, and is vomited. When from the
lungs or bronchial tubes, it is coughed up
instead.
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Nausea (sick stomach), with or without ,
vomiting, is met with in indigestion, colic,
seasichiess, pregnancy (morning sickness) ,
gast?'itis (inflammation of the stomach),
hysteria (occasionally), cholera-morbus , epi-
demic cholera, bilious remitte7it fever, yellow
fever, ulcer of stomach, cancer of stomach,
straiigulatcd her^iia (rupture), obstructio7i of
the bowels, irritajit poisoyiiyig .
Symptoms Belonging to the Circulation.
Palpitation, or disturbed action of the
heart, may depend upon ififlanunation of its
iJiembra7ies {pericarditis, ejidocarditis) , e7i-
large77ient {hypertrophy ox dilatatio7i) , valvu-
lar disease, a7ioe7nia, with weaknCvSS, 7iervous
irritability (nervousness), as from strong
coffee, tobacco, etc., dyspepsia, brai7i dis-
order.
A FEVER pulse is moderately rapid, and
in the early stages of an attack, strong ;
later, soft and compressible. When violent
acute inflammation of any organ is present,
it is quickened, hard, and rather full, as a
rule.
A nervously-disturbed pulse is quick
(jerking rather than rapid), and variable,
under excitement or repose.
THE FAMILY DOCTOR
13
In EXTREME WEAKNESS, most of all in
the dying state, the pulse is nearlj^ always
rapid and small, or "thready." A pulse
of 150 or 160 in a minute, is almost always
a sign of death. Very rarely is the pulse
slow in the dying state.
Slowness of the pulse is most marked in
compression of the brain (as in apoplexy,
fj'actiire of the skull, or hyd7vcephal7is, i.e.,
water on the brain), and in opiiun poisoning .
Occasionally the pulse is very slow in cases
of heart disorder.
Irregularity of the pulse is natural to
a small number of persons, at least in child-
hood or in old age, without other signs of
FEELING THE PULSE
disease. . It may be, otherwise, a transient
sjanptom, particularly during convalescence
from a fever. It is distinctly related to dis-
ease present, in certain cases o{ heart disease
(when it is serious) and in the third stage of
acute ?;2^;z/;2^2V/5 (inflammation of the brain).
Excessive smoking of fobaeeo sometimes pro-
duces irregularity of the pulse.
A double pulse is met with in many in-
stances of eontinued fever , typhus or typhoid.
Slowness of the capillary circulation is
occasionally shown, in morbid states, by the
tardy return of the blood when displaced by
pressure, as on the back of the hand or the
cheek. In the veins, likewise, this is notably
seen in the collapse of cholera.
Hemorrhaja^e.
While bleeding from any part of the
body is often an important symptom, it
needs to be interpreted with care. Its con-
sequence depends greatly on its qua7itity "and
the source from which the blood comes.
Thus, in bleeding at the nose, the flow of
blood may possibly result from either of the
following causes : a severe blow ; congestion
(fullness of blood) simply in the membranes
of the nose ; congestion of the brain (to which
the bleeding may give advantageous relief) ;
early stage of typhoid fever ; suppressed vien-
struatio7i (monthly discharge) of which it is
an alternative.
Spitting of blood may come from hem-
orrhage of the giuns, the back of the nostrils,
tlwoat, wiiidpipe (bronchial tubes), lungs, or
stomach.
If from the stoinach, it is preceded by
nausea, and is vomited. When from the
lungs or bronchial tubes, it is coughed up
instead.