10 MASS. EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 310 



Table 2. — Form of Medical Records and Phraseology Used in Describing 



Conditions Observed 

 Surname First Name Date Birth School Grade 



Physical Examination Date 



1 POSTURE: erect, slightly round, round, slightly stooped, stooped, or 



fatigued 



2 BODY BLULD: slender, medium, heavy, or ver} heavy 



3 EXPRESSION: alert happy, apathetic, or tired 



4 NUTRITION: E,E-,G + ,G,G-,F + ,F,F-, P + , P, P-, VP + ,or VP 



5 HAIR: thin or abundant; dry or moist; glossy or lusterless 



6 SCALP: clean or dirty 



7 EYES: (*); CONJUNCTIVITIS: none, ver\- slight, slight, present, or much 



8 NOSE: clear or obstructed; acute coryza or not 



9 EARS: infected, injected, or normal 



10 LIPS — COLOR: red, slightly pale, pale, ver>- pale, or anemic 



11 LIPS — TEXTURE: moist or dry; fissures or not 



12 TONGUE: clean or coated 



13 MUCOUS MEMBRANE: red, slightly pale, pale, very pale, or anemic 



14 BREATH: sweet or fetid 



15 THROAT: tonsils described 



16 GLANDS— ANTERIOR CERVICAL 1 



POSTERIOR CERVICAL 



SUBMAXILLARY Ijust barely palpable, barely pal- 



SUBMENTAL [ pable. palpable, or enlarged 



SUBOCCIPITAL 



POSTAURICULAR 



AXILLARY 



INGUINAL 



17 CHEST FORMATION: normal or postrachitic EXPANSION: normal 



or limited 



18 LUNGS: resonance — description of abnormal breath sounds and rales 



19 HEART: rate, rhythm, strength of beat — any murmurs described 



20 ABDOMEN: very firm, firm, slightK' soft, or soft; protuberant or not 



21 PREPUBESCENT: 



22 PUBESCENT: 



23 POSTPUBESCENT: 



24 SPINE: normal or limited in motion 



25 SHOULDERS: straight, round, or stooped 



26 SKIN: dry or moist; soft, smooth, or rough; clear or eruptions 



27 AMOUNT SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE: excessive, normal, slightly 



deficient, deficient, or very much deficient. 



28 SKIN COLOR: excellent, good, fair, poor or very poor 



29 NERVOUS SYSTEM : normal, hyperactive, or hjpoactive 



30 NAILS: described as to roughness, softness, brittleness 



31 MUSCLE TONE: normal, slightly impaired, impaired, or very much im- 



paired 



32 BODILY REPOSE: excellent, good, fair, poor, or very poor 

 REMARKS: Any colds, or any obervations other than above which seemet' 



pertinent. 

 *Observations not made after the second year, as there were no measurablf 

 changes. 



If enlarged, diameter indicated 



