What the Doctor Needs to Know in Order to Make a Successful Prescription

Section 25 — Joints

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Locate the joint affected and the side the joint is on.

For pain see Section 6.

Describe any sensation or feeling as in Section 4.

Any cracking on movement ?

Has it been out of place or dislocated ?

Any eruption or sore about it ? (section 32).

Is it inflamed, hot, swollen, sore, painful ?

Does it move easily ?

Is it stiff or is there no motion ?

Does the inability to rnove come from pain, or from what cause ?

Is it numb ?

Have you rheumatism now, or have you had it ?

Has it ever been sprained ?

Is it weak ?

Have you corns or bunions ?

Locate and describe as to pain and other particulars.

Any trouble n walking ?