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Identifier: interstatemedica1419unse (find matches)
Title: Interstate medical journal
Year: 1907 (1900s)
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Subjects: Medicine
Publisher: St. Louis, : Interstate Medical Journal
Contributing Library: The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Historical Medical Library
Digitizing Sponsor: The College of Physicians of Philadelphia and the National Endowment for the Humanities

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s conditionand previous history. 4. The pulse.1. Inspections are made as follows: (A.) Appearance of the face: 1. The forehead represents the heartand when the heart is diseased the face presents a reddish or flushingcolor, e. g., acute endocarditis. 2. The nose represents the spleen andwhen the spleen is diseased the face presents a yellowish color, e. g.,malarial cachexia. 3. The left cheek represents the liver and presents, SURGERY ASlONG THE CHINESE. 317 when the liver is diseased, a greenish color, e. g., jaundice. 4. The rightcheek represents the lungs, and the face is colorless or very pale whenthe lungs are diseased, e. g., tuberculosis of the lungs. (B.) Appearance of the tongue: 1. When the disease is Coldthe tongue is pale, moist and thinly furred. 2. When the disease isHot the tongue is red, dry and thickly furred. 3. When the patientis dying, the tongue is dry and covered with a thick darkish yellow fur.4. Appearance of diseased part, for example, abscess on the back. The
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abscess is said to be Hot when the cardinal signs of inflammation arepresent and Cold when not. 2. The Voice. Find out if the voice is abnormal, e. g., phthisis pro-duces a weak voice, sore throat a harsh voice, and insanity an incoherentspeech. 3. Questions on patients condition and previous history: A. Ask if the patient has any fever or shivering; if he has any ex-cessive perspiration; any headache; any appetite; movement of bowels, 318 KEE. pain in chest or abdomen; defect of hearing; sore throat, etc. B. Inquireof the patient about his previous illness, about the cause and symptoms.C. In women, find out if the menstruation is regular. D. In children,ask if the child has or has not previously suffered from smallpox, chicken-pox or measles. The Chinese doctors believe that every person is sure tosuffer every one of these three diseases during the life time. This ex-plains the reason why children are often intentionally exposed to per-sons suffering from these diseases. They believe

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