This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1856 edition. Excerpt: ...cataire, or purring thrill, has been heard only in one case of aneurism of the basilar artery, and was supposed to be due to the disease of the arterial tunics. Lastly, the fourth sound--the bruit de poussin, or cooing or 1 Op. clt. p. 326. musical sound may be considered simply as a modification of the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1856 edition. Excerpt: ...cataire, or purring thrill, has been heard only in one case of aneurism of the basilar artery, and was supposed to be due to the disease of the arterial tunics. Lastly, the fourth sound--the bruit de poussin, or cooing or 1 Op. clt. p. 326. musical sound may be considered simply as a modification of the bellows-murmur, seated in the arteries, and occurring in cases of anaemia where the supply of blood to the brain is imperfect or deficient. The foregoing remarks contain all that is important in the writings ofDrs. Fisher and Whitney on cerebral auscultation, as well as all that I can glean from other sources. The reader will perceive that although much has not yet been accomplished, still something has been done, and it is certainly as well that he should be acquainted with the attempts that have been made. With regard to the results said to have been obtained from the practice of percussion in cerebral disease I hold the opinion of Zehetmayer, that percussion will undoubtedly inform us of the thickness of the skull, but up to the present time, thick and hollow heads have been detected with tolerable certainty without the necessity of percussing the cranium.1 SECTION 2. THE PHYSICAL DIAGNOSIS OF DISEASES OF THE LUNGS AND HEART. Introductory Remarks on the Structure of the Lungs.--The lungs--the organs of respiration--are contained in the cavity of the thorax, one on either side of the spine. They are irregular conoid bodies, the bases of which rest upon the diaphragm, while the apices project upwards, extending slightly above the level of the clavicles. Between the fourth and fifth ribs, near the left edge of the sternum, a small oval-shaped space is left between the two lungs, where part of the pericardium remains uncovered, the remainder of the...
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