Auscultation and percussion : together with other methods of physical examination of the chest / by Samuel Gee.

  • Samuel Gee
Date:
1908
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Credit: Auscultation and percussion : together with other methods of physical examination of the chest / by Samuel Gee. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PART THE FIRST CHAPTER I METHOD OF EXAMINATION Suppose a patient with the chest exposed, ready to undergo a physical examination : the physician first of all carefully surveys the chest with his eye, this is Inspection: next, with his hand, this is Palpation : he next strikes the chest, Percussion : and lastly he puts his ear upon the chest, Auscultation. Whenever convenient, the patient should remove all clothes from the upper part of the body down to the waist, and stand opposite to the physician. Needful deviations from this rule will be suggested by the good sense of the examiner at the proper time.
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