CLINICAL AND PHYSIOLOGIC CHARACTERISTICS OF CHILL
1941; American Medical Association; Volume: 68; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1001/archinte.1941.00200080063005
ISSN1538-3679
Autores Tópico(s)Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
ResumoTo both physician and layman, a represents a serious and alarming sign. A combination of both subjective and objective bodily changes, varying in intensity from a tremulous feeling or a sensation of cold to a violent, widespread shivering or rigor, a may involve part of the body or its entirety and may be due to external or internal causes (e. g., exposure to cold or bacterial invasion). With the realization that no clearcut separation can therefore be made, the word chill will be applied to the combination of a subjective perception of inward trembling or actual cold and a more or less generalized involuntary muscle tremor visible as an objective sign. Such a definition, first given by Richet1almost fifty years ago, does not include the lesser degrees of transitory shivering, chilliness or sensations of cold, which may all be due to similar causes and mechanisms, but
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