Show THE FACE IN ILLNESS to the trained eye it quickly a condition the face is a good index lo 10 the state of ones physical being and from it symptoms of disease can be detected almost before the patient is aware that anything serious is alie matter with him for instance incomplete closure of the eyelids rendering the whites of the eyes visible during sleep is a symptom in all acute and chronic diseases of a severe type it is also to be observed when rest is unsound from pain wherever seated twitching of the eyelids associated with the oscillation of alie it eyeballs or squinting herald the visit of convulsions widening of the frnces of alie nose with movements of the nostrils to and fro point to embarrassed breathing from of the lungs or their plural investment contraction of the brows indicates pain in the head sharpness ol 01 tails pain in alie chest and a drawn upper lip pain in the abdomen to make a general rule it may be stated that the upper of the face ia altered in expression in affections of the brain the middle third in the diseases of the organs contained in the abdominal cavity the trained nurse |