On the temperature of the body as a means of diagnosis in phthisis and tuberculosis / by Sydney Ringer.

Date:
1865
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Credit: On the temperature of the body as a means of diagnosis in phthisis and tuberculosis / by Sydney Ringer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    Back. Some fulness on the left side. Spine rather curved ; concavity to the right. Percussion absolutely dull over whole left back. Very dull also in the right supra-spinous fossa, and right interscapular region. Percussion extra resonant over the rest of the right side. Vocal fremitus well felt over the whole of the right side ; just perceptible at the left apex ; none felt over the rest of left side. Respiration very blowing and rather hollow in right supra-spinous and interscapular regions. Over the former region hear a little submucous rhonchus; none heard over the rest of the back ; normal over the rest of the right back. Respiration cavernous in left supra-spinous fossa ; scarcely audible over the rest of the back. A smal] amount of submucous rhonchus heard over the left supra-spinous fossa. Heart healthy. Liver and spleen not enlarged. The patient's breathing grew worse, and on Sep- tember 7th the chest was tapped. Fifty-six ounces of fluid were drawn off. This was followed by imme- diate relief of the breathing. The physical signs of the chest also greatly improved. After the tapping, however, there were evidences of pneumothorax. The patient suffered from most severe pain; the breathing gradually got worse, the pulse became very frequent, the skin very hot. She died on September 14th.