General Medical Semiology Guide Part I

Book excerpt: General Medical Semiology Guide, Part One is the first part of a two volume set that provides a comprehensive understanding of medical semiology. Highly illustrated with many original images from the author's daily medical practice, the book highlights all signs of diseases and important semiological maneuvers. Each chapter contains a specific questionnaire of important questions that should be asked of patients in different situations to obtain valuable information that will assist in both medical thinking and in the formulation of diagnoses. This volume covers the face, eyes, thyroid gland, skin, mucoses, and more. - Offers comprehensive coverage of medical semiology for proper patient diagnosis - Contains original, real-world clinical cases from medical practice - Provides visual and diagnostic aides that present rare, special situations and difficult to find diseases - Cover topics on how to examine the face, the eyes, thyroid gland, the skin, mucoses, and more