What the Doctor Needs to Know in Order to Make a Successful Prescription
Section 22 — Lungs and Breathing
James Tyler Kent · What the Doctor Needs to Know in Order to Make a Successful Prescription · 20 passages
Is the pain or other trouble in the chest muscles or deep in the lungs ?
For pain see Section 6.
For cough and expectoration see Section 24.
Do colds usually affect the lungs ?
Do you cough up anything ?
Do you have any difficulty in lying on either side or the back in lung troubles ?
Is there any rattling in the chest ?
Is there any consumption or lung disease in father's or mother's family ?
How many near relatives have died of lung troubles ?
Is there any soreness of the lungs ?
Any sensitiveness ?
Have lungs been injured by excessive exercise, running, etc. ?
Do you have any trouble in breathing ?
By what is the breathing affected ?
In what position is the breathing affected ?
What position do you assume when breathing is affected ?
Do you have difficulty in breathing outward or inward (exhalation or inhalation) ?
Is breathing affected during or after sleep ?
While drinking ?
For troubles of external chest see Section 32.