Form of Case Record.
Mind. - Place all symptoms of mind under this
heading, but be sure and leave space on your sheet for symptoms
that you may discover at subsequent sittings.
Head. - Here will be placed pains, hair symptoms,
movements of head, etc.
Stomach. - This group will include pains, food
desires and aversions, eating and drinking, appetite, thirst,
nausea, vomiting, eructations and sensations.
Abdomen. - you may place under this heading symptoms
referring to constipation, diarrhoea, sensations as pain,
pressure, etc., symptoms of urination, defecation, bladder and male
genitals.
Menses. - These symptoms are of so much importance
to the female case that a separate heading should be made.
All symptoms referring to the female generative organs, to child
birth, haemorrhage, etc., may be placed in this group.
Chest. - Symptoms referring to coughs, pains
and sensations, expectoration, breathing, heart, pulse, breasts,
etc., may be place under this head.
Back. - Sensations, pains, etc.
Extremitites. - All symptoms as refer to the
condition of sleep, dreams, etc.
Generalities. - Here place all symptoms which
refer to conditions of modalities that affect the patient as a whole,
not
already covered by the mentals.
With the symptoms of your case arranged in this orderly manner,
from Mind to Generalities, we have a record to
which it is easy to refer and from which it is easy to individualize
the record for repertory study.
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