RT Journal
T1 AN index of differential diagnosis of main symptoms. by various writers.
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1929
FD January 19
VO 92
IS 3
SP 256
OP 256
DO 10.1001/jama.1929.02700290066035
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1929.02700290066035
AB As the name of this book indicates, it is an index of main symptoms, not of diseases. Hence if the reader should desire information on trichinosis, duodenal ulcer or any other condition, he must refer to the index and then look through numerous portions of this volume in order that some sort of a usable idea of the subject may be obtained. The many diseases that have symptoms in common are differentiated in the paragraphs describing such symptoms. The result of such a search becomes quite satisfactory because of the comprehensiveness of the articles. For the practitioner who is in a quandary as to what disease a particular symptom may fit, this book is useful. It is manifestly impossible, however, to give as complete a differential diagnosis as is at times required. Hence the reader will need to have recourse to books on the special subjects desired. Many useful tests