Sometimes pain is relieved by pressure ;
this is often the case with colic. In such in-
stances we conclude that there is no inflam-
mation .
Pain is not always at the place of disease.
In disease of the hip-joi7it, the principal pain
is at the knee ; in dyspepsia, often, over the
middle of the breast ; when the liver is dis-
ordered, under the right shoulder-blade ; in
irritation of the womb at the top of the head.
I^OSS OF SENSATION [ancEsthesia), occur-
ring from disease, constitutes one kind of
paralysis. The other form is loss of power
to move the limbs or parts affected. When
paralysis involves one side of the body only,
as the right arm and leg, or the left arm and
leg, we call it hemiplegia. Paraplegia is palsy
of both legs at the same time.
The Eye in Disease.
Blood-shot eyes show either inflamma-
tion of them or fulness of blood in the head ,
which is often present in fevers. If one eye
only is very red, of course the trouble must
be in itself. Yellowness of the ''whites " of
the eyes occurs in bilious disorder.
The eyelids are notably prominent in
that curious and rather uncommon disorder
called '* exophthalmic goitre." Prominence
or bulging of one eye only shows a prob-
ability of disease, as a tumor, behind that
eye.
Sinking of the eyeballs in their sockets
is seen to some extent in consumption and
other wasting diseases. Sinking of one eye
must result from wasting of its own sub-
stance or of the socket behind it, the former
being often observed in the blind.
Rolling of the eyes from side to side is
common in great nervous restlessness of in-
fants or young children.
Squinting, which is natural with some,
and an acquired habit with others, becomes
a serious symptom when it occurs as the re-
sult of disease of the brain .
The lustre of the eyes grows dull often a
short time, perhaps a few hours, before
death. Bright eyes are commonly noticed
in advancing consumption. They may
glare in mania (insanity), or, for a time, in
acute hiflam^mation of the brain.
Very small pupils of the eyes are seen
when either they are, or the brain is, the seat
of inflammation. In opium-poisoning the
pupils are contracted, at least until very
near death. They are large (dilated), com-
monly, in apoplexy, water on the brain (hy-
drocephalus), and poisoning by prussic acid
or by famestown weed {^strainonium^ or
belladonna .
Great shrinking from light {photophobia^
exists in severe inflammation of the eyes,
and also in acute inflammation of the brain.
Spots, rings, etc., floating before the
sight {musccB volitantes') show the presence
of opaque particles in the interior of the
eyeball {vitreous humor), which are not of
much importance. Fixed dark spots are of
more consequence ; they often show a be-
ginning of blindness.
The Ears.
Pain in one of the ears, earache, may be
either inflajmnatory or neuralgic. Other
signs must be considered along with it to
show which it is.
Ringing in the ears occurs from either
of at least two or three causes, to distinguish
between which is not always easy. Large
doses of quinine, and of one or two other
powerful medicines, will make many people's
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Sometimes pain is relieved by pressure ; this is often the case with colic. In such instances we conclude that there is no inflammation .
Pain is not always at the place of disease. In disease of the hip-joint, the principal pain is at the knee ; in dyspepsia, often, over the middle of the breast ; when the liver is disordered, under the right shoulder-blade ; in irritation of the womb at the top of the head.
Loss of Sensation (anaesthesia), occurring from disease, constitutes one kind of paralysis. The other form is loss of power to move the limbs or parts affected. When paralysis involves one side of the body only, as the right arm and leg, or the left arm and leg, we call it hemiplegia. Paraplegia is palsy of both legs at the same time.
The Eye in Disease.
Blood-shot eyes show either inflammation of them or fulness of blood in the head , which is often present in fevers. If one eye only is very red, of course the trouble must be in itself. Yellowness of the ''whites " of the eyes occurs in bilious disorder.
The eyelids are notably prominent in that curious and rather uncommon disorder
called '* exophthalmic goitre." Prominence or bulging of one eye only shows a probability of disease, as a tumor, behind that eye.
Sinking of the eyeballs in their sockets is seen to some extent in consumption and other wasting diseases. Sinking of one eye must result from wasting of its own substance or of the socket behind it, the former being often observed in the blind.
Rolling of the eyes from side to side is common in great nervous restlessness of infants or young children.
Squinting, which is natural with some, and an acquired habit with others, becomes a serious symptom when it occurs as the result of disease of the brain .
The lustre of the eyes grows dull often a short time, perhaps a few hours, before death. Bright eyes are commonly noticed in advancing consumption. They may glare in mania (insanity), or, for a time, in acute inflammation of the brain.
Very small pupils of the eyes are seen when either they are, or the brain is, the seat of inflammation. In opium-poisoning the pupils are contracted, at least until very near death. They are large (dilated), commonly, in apoplexy, water on the brain (hydrocephalus), and poisoning by prussic acid or by Jamestown weed (stramonium or belladonna .
Great shrinking from light {photophobia) exists in severe inflammation of the eyes, and also in acute inflammation of the brain.
Spots, rings, etc., floating before the sight {muscae volitantes)) show the presence of opaque particles in the interior of the eyeball {vitreous humor), which are not of much importance. Fixed dark spots are of more consequence ; they often show a beginning of blindness.
The Ears.
Pain in one of the ears, earache, may be either inflammatory or neuralgic. Other signs must be considered along with it to show which it is.
Ringing in the ears occurs from either of at least two or three causes, to distinguish between which is not always easy. Large doses of quinine, and of one or two other powerful medicines, will make many people's