A treatise on the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the chest. Part 1, Diseases of the lung and windpipe / By William Stokes.

  • William Stokes
Date:
1837
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Credit: A treatise on the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the chest. Part 1, Diseases of the lung and windpipe / By William Stokes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. PAGE Dedication ....... v Preface ........ ix SECTION 1. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF THE DIAGNOSIS OF THO- RACIC DISEASE . .. Connexion of symptoms and physicapMgn^ Physical and vital conditions of tlfe tl?6raxlr; Similarity of symptoms . 1' Mutual dependence of signs and symptoms ■ - x ^v. Sources of physical diagnosis . Insufficiency of signs alone Division of the acoustic signs into the^afetive^ an'Qt]^; Principle of percussion Active auscultatory signs Elucidation of the great principle of comparison Combination of signs .... Signs considered with relation to time Successive changes . . . . Relation to symptoms Combination of diseases sive 1 3 4 11 13 14 16 17 20 23 24 30 32 35 36 41 SECTION II. DISEASES OF THE MUCOUS MEMBRANE Bronchitis ...... Importance of the disease 45 ib. 46