The Science of Signs and Symptoms
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The Science of Signs and Symptoms

In Relation to Modern Diagnosis and Treatment: A Textbook for General Practitioners of Medicine

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The Science of Signs and Symptoms

In Relation to Modern Diagnosis and Treatment: A Textbook for General Practitioners of Medicine

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The Science of Signs and Symptoms in Relation to Modern Diagnosis and Treatment describes the state of consciousness in relation to concussion, cerebral compression, and quality of the blood. This book is composed of 48 chapters that discuss the physical basis of pain sensations, the different types of paralysis, and the significance of having a recurring headache. Some of the topics covered in the book are the pathways to different varieties of sensation; functions of the nervous pathway; varieties of sensory paralysis; description of functional disturbances; definition of axon and spinal reflex; important nature of tendon reflex; and neurological basis of clinical abnormalities of tone and posture. Other chapters deal with the different types of convulsions and the role of the eyes, muscle sense, and vestibular apparatus in equilibrium are extensively discussed. An analysis of the causes of vertigo is provided. The remaining chapters look into the formation and types of aphasia. These chapters also examine the effects of intracranial pressure. The book can provide useful information to the medical instructors, doctors, students, and researchers.

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Information

Publisher
Butterworth-Heinemann
Year
2016
Print ISBN
9781483166902
eBook ISBN
9781483194387
Edition
3
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Diseases & Allergies

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. The Science of Signs and Symptoms: In Relation to Modern Diagnosis and Treatment: A Textbook for General Practitioners of Medicine
  3. Table of Contents
  4. PREFACE TO THIRD EDITION
  5. EXTRACT FROM PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION
  6. PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION
  7. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  8. CHAPTER I. LIFE AS A CLINICAL ENTITY
  9. CHAPTER II. CONSCIOUSNESS
  10. CHAPTER III. DELIRIUM
  11. CHAPTER IV. VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT
  12. CHAPTER V. SENSATION
  13. CHAPTER VI. HEADACHE
  14. CHAPTER VII. REFLEXES
  15. CHAPTER VIII. MUSCLE TONE AND POSTURE
  16. CHAPTER IX. CONVULSIONS
  17. CHAPTER X. EQUILIBRIUM, VERTIGO, ATAXIA, GAIT
  18. CHAPTER XI. TREMOR, CHOREA, ATHETOSIS
  19. CHAPTER XII. SPEECH
  20. CHAPTER XIII. THE CEREBRO-SPINAL FLUID
  21. CHAPTER XIV. SIGHT AND THE REFLEXES OF THE EYE
  22. CHAPTER XV. HEARING. TASTE
  23. CHAPTER XVI. THE RATE OF THE HEART BEAT
  24. CHAPTER XVII. THE PULSE AND THE HEART SOUNDS
  25. CHAPTER XVIII. THE POLYGRAPH. THE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPH THE VENOUS PULSE
  26. CHAPTER XIX. BLOOD PRESSURE
  27. CHAPTER XX. HÆMORRHAGE AND SHOCK. THE NATURALARREST OF HÆMORRHAGE
  28. CHAPTER XXI. THE HISTOLOGY OF THE BLOOD
  29. CHAPTER XXII. PHYSIOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES IN RELATION TO CARDIAC EFFICIENCY AND DISEASE
  30. CHAPTER XXIII. BREATHING AND FAILURE OF RESPIRATION
  31. CHAPTER XXIV. CYANOSIS AND ITS RELATION TO BREATHLESSNESS. ANOXÆIA AND OXYGEN THERAPY
  32. CHAPTER XXV. THE PROTECTIVE RESPIRATORY REFLEXES
  33. CHAPTER XXVI. PHYSIOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES IN FEEDING
  34. CHAPTER XXVII. VITAMINS
  35. CHAPTER XXVIII. SWALLOWING. DIGESTION IN THE STOMACH SWALLOWING
  36. CHAPTER XXIX. DIGESTION. INTERMEDIATE METABOLISM
  37. CHAPTER XXX. GASTRIC PAIN. COMMON GASTRIC AILMENTS.VOMITING
  38. CHAPTER XXXI. INTESTINAL MOVEMENT AND PAIN
  39. CHAPTER XXXII. BILE. JAUNDICE
  40. CHAPTER XXXIII. THE METABOLIC RATE
  41. CHAPTER XXXIV. BLOOD-SUGAR AND PANCREATIC EFFICIENCY
  42. CHAPTER XXXV. DISORDERS OF METABOLISM
  43. CHAPTER XXXVI. BODY WEIGHT
  44. CHAPTER XXXVII. GROWTH
  45. CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE URINE
  46. CHAPTER XXXIX. OEDEMA AND THE WATER CONTENT OF THE BODY
  47. CHAPTER XL. THE TEMPERATURE OF THE BODY
  48. CHAPTER XLI. THE SKIN
  49. CHAPTER XLII. HYPERSENSITIVITY AND ALLERGY
  50. CHAPTER XLIII: THE ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM OF THE BODY
  51. ALVEOLAR CARBON DIOXIDE AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE
  52. CHAPTER XLIV. THE AUTONOMIG NERVOUS SYSTEM
  53. CHAPTER XLV. EXERCISE AND REST
  54. CHAPTER XLVI. PROTECTION AGAINST DISEASE
  55. CHAPTER XLVII. PHYSIOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES IN THE TREATMENT OF CERTAIN EMERGENCIES
  56. CHAPTER XLVIII. THE PSYCHOLOGICAL PRODUCTION OF SYMPTOMS
  57. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
  58. INDEX