Research Catalog

Title

Examining patients : an introduction to clinical medicine / edited by Peter J. Toghill.

Publication

London ; Boston : E. Arnold, 1995.

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Details

Additional Authors

Toghill, Peter J.

Description

xiv, 331 p. : ill. (some col.); 25 cm.

Subjects

• Humans > Diagnosis
• Diagnosis
• Physical diagnosis

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. History-taking / J. R. A. Mitchell -- 2. First impressions / P. J. Toghill -- 3. The symptoms and signs of cardiovascular disease / J. R. Hampton -- 4. The symptoms and signs of respiratory disease / I. D. A. Johnston -- 5. The mouth / P. J. Toghill -- 6. The abdomen / P. J. Toghill -- 7. The kidneys and bladder / P. J. Toghill -- 8. The nervous system / R. B. Godwin-Austen -- 9. Anaemia, blood diseases and enlarged glands / P. J. Toghill and S. S. Jalihal -- 10. The presentation of psychiatric disorders in medical practice / Margaret Oates and R. Cantwell -- 11. Medical symptoms and signs in pregnancy / P. C. Rubin -- 12. Endocrine system and metabolism / S. P. Allison and R. B. Tattersall -- 13. The examination of elderly patients / M. J. Bendall -- 14. How to examine an old person who seems muddled / T. Arie -- 15. Black-outs, collapses and shock / P. J. Toghill -- 16. Physical signs in clinical dermatology / B. R. Allen --
• 17. The musculoskeletal system / N. J. Barton and P. J. Toghill -- 18. The hand / N. J. Barton and P. J. Toghill -- 19. Dealing with diseases related to tropical exposure / G. C. Cook -- 20. The symptoms and signs of genitourinary disease / C. Bignell -- 21. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and AIDS / C. Bignell -- 22. The eye as a diagnostic indicator of systemic disease / N. R. Galloway -- 23. Physical signs in otorhinolaryngology for the non-specialist / K. P. Gibbin -- 24. Fever and hypothermia / I. W. Fellows.

ISBN

0340589663

LCCN

gb 95031962

OCLC

• ocm32511130
• SCSB-4780807

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries