The signs of internal disease, with a brief consideration of the principal symptoms thereof . al observer even though he has not received specialtraining in technic. Besides diseases strictly pertaining to the eye, the following con-ditions are worthy of attention. Choroiditis. Syphilis, rheumatism and gout often originate thedisease. Typhoid and piierperal fevers, septicemia and conditionscausing thrombosis are sometimes complicated by it. TuhcnJp of Ihe choroid is observable in miliary tuberculosis;. PHYSICAL EXAMINATION, 89 gumma in syphilis. Sarcoma of the choroid is met with oeeasionally,
The signs of internal disease, with a brief consideration of the principal symptoms thereof . al observer even though he has not received specialtraining in technic. Besides diseases strictly pertaining to the eye, the following con-ditions are worthy of attention. Choroiditis. Syphilis, rheumatism and gout often originate thedisease. Typhoid and piierperal fevers, septicemia and conditionscausing thrombosis are sometimes complicated by it. TuhcnJp of Ihe choroid is observable in miliary tuberculosis;. PHYSICAL EXAMINATION, 89 gumma in syphilis. Sarcoma of the choroid is met with oeeasionally,the subjects being usually above thirty-five ye^rs of age. Ptdsation of the retinal veins occurs during cardiac diastole butis physiologic. Pulsation of the arteries is generally pathologic. It isseen in states of increased or diminished arterial tension and occurs inaortic regurgitation with hypertrophy, in Basedows disease, in syn-cope after heemorrhage. Papillitis is most frequently caused by intracranial diseases, es-pecially cerebral tumors or meningitis, but glycosuria, Fig. 30—Laryngeal Reflectar. lead-poisoning, anaemia, amenorrhoea and syghilis also are recognized causes. Alrophu of the optic nerve occurs in spinal diseases as tabes dor-salis, in syphilis, diabetes and malaria. Toxic agents, alcohol, tobaccoand lead are designated as causative. Cardiac valvular diseases may cause embolism of the retmalartery, as may also albuminuria and pregnancy. Retinal hemorrhage may result from numerous derangements ofthe vascular system, as arterial sclerosis, valvular diseases, especiallymitral disease, embolism and thrombosis, miliary aneurysm and the 90 PUYSICAI. KXAMINATIUN following general conditions: Diabetes, albuminuria, pernicious ante-mia, purpura, scurvy and k-ukivmia. Betinitis is caused by albuminuria, glycostiria or syphilis. The
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