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DISEASES AND TREATMENT. 327
the chest, the abdomen, the pelvis, the bones, the joints,
the muscles, the nerves, the blood-vessels, the glands,
the investi
the membranes, or the skin. We pursue
gation until the complaint is Cornered. We find where
it is not, and then narrow it down to where it is. In a
personal examination, the physician, taking
in with one
glance twenty other particulars, as are they disclosed
by the appearance, complexion, weight, motions, atti
tudes, and tones of the patient, may ask first of all,
" Where is the pain?" Another will sit down more
patiently, and say, " What is the story ?"
There are certain signs of disease which are worthy
of special attention.
A. bad smelling breath is a sign of foul or decaying
teeth, indigestion, or constipation.
Early decay of the teeth is a sign of hereditary weak
ness, early exhaustion, or chronic dyspepsia.
A. tongue creased, and cut into deep furrows, is a sign
of dyspepsia.
Light hair, fair complexion, and a thick upper lip,
are signs of scrofula.
A thick, pouting under lip, a thick neck, and a full
of amativeness.
bosom, are signs
A dry, hard skin, and cold extremities, are signs of
nervous exhaustion. Hollow eyes, dark circles around
them, flabbiness, and emaciation, are all signs of ex
causes of disease. A moist, clammy skin is
hausting
sometimes found in dyspepsia.
A pulse steadily above a hundred a minute in an
adult, indicates high general fever, or severe internaj
inflammation. If in a chronic case, and combined
with regularly progressive emaciation, it indicates a