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Original Cases Illustrating the Use of the Stethoscope and Percussion in the Diagnosis of Diseases of the Chest
Original Cases Illustrating the Use of the Stethoscope and Percussion in the Diagnosis of Diseases of the Chest Author:John Forbes General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1824 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: OUTLINE OF AN ESSAY ON THE PHYSICAL DIAGNOSTICS 0 DISEASES OP THE CHEST; TRANSLATKD AND ABRIDOID (with toaKK Additions) FROM A WORK BY DR. COLLIN, " DI3 DIVERSE! MKTHOnF. S 1)' EXPLORATION Dt LA POITRINE, XT DE l. TV Ii APPLICATION AU DIAGNOSTIC DE SES MALADIES;" PUBLISHED AT PARIS IN 1824. II sera facile de voir que rarement un aeul mode d'examen est snffiiant, que ce n'est qu'en en appelant a son aide deux on un plus grand nombre, en compaiant les sy mptumes qu'ils fournissent, et souvent memo les symptdmes generauz , qu'ou parrient a porter un diagnostic assure; mais aussi il restera prouvf:, je crois, que , dans la plupart des cas, on arrive avec le secours de ces methodes a une connaissance du siŁge de la lesion , de sa nature et de son Łtendue, aussi parfaite que celle que pounaient dormer la vue et le toucher. COLLIK. ON THE DIFFERENT MODES OF EXPLORING THE CHEST. After the last sheet of the foregoing work was in the hands of the printer, I received, through the kindness of a friend in town, a pamphlet just published in Paris, by a young Physician of the name of Collin, " On the different modes of exploring the Chest, and their application to the Diagnosis of its diseases." This consists of two parts, -- the First being a brief outline of the Exploration of the Chest by means of Auscultation, -- Percussion, -- Sitccus- sion, -- Mensuration, -- and simple Inspection of its movements, during respiration; and the Second, the special application of these different measures to the diagnosis of individual diseases. The whole is avowedly a compilation; and, with a very fow exceptions, only...« less