Symptoms of Unknown Origin: A Medical Odyssey

Index

169 Index Abram, Harry S., xi, xiii–xiv, 63– 64, 150–52 abscess, 152, 160 acromegaly, 91 Adelaine, 114–23 adrenal glands, 45–46, 109 adrenal hyperplasia, 45, 47 Agnes, 102–6, 159 allergies, 75 Amy, 9–14, 126 Anderson, Carolyn, 84–85, 159 anemia, 33, 158, 160 angina pectoris, 158–59 antibiotics, 160 anticoagulant, 151 antidepressants, 71 APCs, 143 apomorphine, 29 apostolic function, x–xi, 100, 154, 161 appendectomy, 41–42 appendicitis, 40 Art and Science of Bedside Diagnosis, The, 51 “Art and Science of Nondisease,” xii arthritis, 34 aspirin, 143 atrophic vaginitis, 111–12 atrophy (muscles), 139 attentive rapport, 99 Bachelor Officer’s Quarters (BOQ), 8 back pain, 87–88, 142–49, 161 Balint, Michael, x–xi, xiv, 100, 154 Bandler, Richard, 99, 118–19, 127 barium enema, 86 Barrymore, Lionel, 25 Basic Psychiatry for the Primary Care Physician, xi BBC television, 31 Bellevue Hospital, 6 bicycle pump, 161 biochemical rib, 48 biomolecular model and cognitive dissonance, 19 and diabetes, 9 and false diagnosis, xii–xiii and hex death, 32 hypothetical statement, xi Meador฀pagesFeb15.indd฀฀฀169 2/17/05฀฀฀5:35:21฀PM 170 Symptoms of Unknown Origin biomolecular model (continued) and Clifton Meador, 4 as research tool, x and the scientific method, 22–23 and Sweet Thing, 59–60 and U.S. medicine, ix biopsychosocial model of disease, xiii–xiv, 50, 155 bladder infection, 144 bladder-neck obstruction, 68, 70, 75 blood-loss anemia, 153 brine test, 18 bronchitis, 75 bruises, 150–54, 160 burning lips, 143 caffeine, 143 calomel, 23 cancer, 43, 109 Cannon, Walter, 31–32 carbonic acid, 124 Center for the Study of the Person, xiv, 53 cerebral aneurysm, 91 chairs, as body part analogy, 161–62 Change, 144 client-centered therapy, 52 clinicopathological conferences (CPC), 67 codeine, 143 cognitive dissonance, 19 colitis, 75 colon, 34, 75, 103, 107 Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, 5–6, 10 communication, auditory/visual, 130–32, 157, 163 congenital adrenal hyperplasia, 45, 47 Conley, Joseph, 97–98 Conley, Susan, 97–98 Conrad, Frances. See Miss Cootsie constipation, 143 contentless inquiry, 104 conversion symptoms, 39, 133–34 cortisone, 144 coumadin, 91 Craig, Lonzo, 85–86, 159 Crest toothpaste, 106, 159 “crock,” xiv, 61 Crohn’s disease, 86 “Cryptic Error of Nondisease: The Hidden Power of Prevalence of Disease, The,” 93–94 cuing, 100–101 Cushing syndrome, 81, 158 D&C, 144 dead-end diagnoses, 103 Demerol, 143 Department of Family Medicine, University of South Alabama School of Medicine, 96 depression and Adelaine, 114 excluded from patient group analysis, 82 and Florence’s symptoms, 80 and hospitals, 126 treatment for, 39 desiccant, 159–60 diabetes mellitus. See also type 1 diabetes Meador฀pagesFeb15.indd฀฀฀170 2/17/05฀฀฀5:35:21฀PM Index 171 and Adelaine, 114 and the biomolecular model, 9 Sweet Thing, 55–56, 91, 159 diabetic ketoacidosis, 10, 124–25, 132, 159 diarrhea, 102–6, 159 Dilaudid, 143 Discovery Health Channel, 31 disseminated histoplasmosis, 135 diverticulosis, 103 Doane’s back-pain pills, 143 Doherty, Drayton develops pneumonia, 33 and false diagnosis, 75 and Johnson, Irene, 20 medical training, 23 and Miss Cootsie, 23–24, 26 and Vance Vanders, 27–31, 79 Dr. Jim, 108–13 dropped kidneys, 34, 75 ecchymoses, 150 electromyograms, 135 electroshock therapy, 114 Eleven Blue Men, 113 emotional states, 127–28 emphysema, 34, 160–61 endocrinology, 35–36 enema, barium, 86 Engel, George, xiii, 50–51, 155 Erickson, Milton, 99, 157 estrogen, 48, 109, 110–12 Eugene, 40–47 factitial diseases, 151–54, 161 fainting, 18–19 Fairhope, Alabama, xiv, 95–101, 155 fallopian tubes, 41 false diagnosis and the biomolecular model, xii–xiii and Florence’s symptoms, 75 studies on, 93–94 in SUO groups, 90–93 and Sweet Thing, 56–57, 159 table, 93 family medicine, 96 fever of unknown origin (FUO), xiv fibrosis, 44 Florence, 66–74, 88, 91, 161 Floyd, 143, 147–49 Foley catheter, 124 Fort Hood, Texas, 5–9, 17–18 Fourth Armored Division, 6, 7 Frank, Jerome, 100 full rapport, 138, 155–56 gallbladder disease, 86 gallstones, 81 gastritis, 75 gastroenteritis, 75 gastrointestinal malabsorption, 86, 158 genetic transmission, 32 genome, x, 32 Gladys, 111–12 glucocorticoids, 91 glucose, 91 glucose tolerance test, 57, 58 God, 138, 141 goiter, 24–26, 81 gonorrhea, 7 Goode, Gladys, 1–3, 163 grant funding, 101 Grinder, John, 99, 118–19, 127 gynecomastia, 108, 110 Meador฀pagesFeb15.indd฀฀฀171 2/17/05฀฀฀5:35:22฀PM 172 Symptoms of Unknown...