Landmarks, medical and surgical / by Luther Holden.

  • Luther Holden
Date:
1877
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Landmarks, medical and surgical / by Luther Holden. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Such an outline (seen in the cut with the angles rounded off) shows that the apex of the heart points downwards and towards the left, the base a little upwards and towards that the greater part of it lies in the left half of the right OUTLINE OF THE HEART, ITS VALVES, AND THE LUNGS. the chest, and that the only part which lies to the right of the sternum is the right auricle. A needle intro- duced in the third, the fourth, or the fifth right intercostal space close to the sternum would penetrate the lung and the right auricle. A needle passed through the second intercostal space, close to the right side of the sternum, would, after passing through the lung, enter the pericardium and the most prominent part of the bulge of the aorta. A needle passed through the first intercostal space,