Auscultation and percussion / by Frederick C. Shattuck.

  • Shattuck Frederick C. (Frederick Cheever), 1847-1929.
Date:
1890
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Auscultation and percussion / by Frederick C. Shattuck. 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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    4v * i PART IT-HEART AHD AORTA. ] CHAPTER I. ^ THE HEART IN HEALTH. I Experience as a teacher has led the author to ! believe that the chief difficulties encountered by | students in the physical diagnosis of cardiac disease depend on the lack of a sufficiently intimate and ^ accurate knowledge of the anatomy and physiology ? of the heart. Therefore the structure of the organ 1 itself as well as its relation to surrounding organs and parts, and the mechanism of the circulation, ^ should be first thoroughly mastered. Speaking ! broadly, the diagnosis of valvular disease of the heart, ’j to say the least, is less difficult than is that of pul- ; monary disorders. Yet students seem to find it more | so, as I believe for the reason stated above; their i knowledge may be fairly accurate, but is usually not ^ quickly enough at command. We must, however, here presuppose the possession of most of this know- ,■ ledge, and shall dwell upon it only, as it were, inciden- j tally in describing the methods employed in cardiac ’ examination. It is hoped that the little plates may \ be of service. 1. Inspection may, in chests well covered by fat or muscle, show little or nothing, especially if the i i r /