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

  • Samuel Gee
Date:
1870
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Credit: Auscultation and percussion : together with the other methods of physical examination of the chest / by Samuel Gee. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    PIGEON BREAST. 39 transverse diameter of the chest recedes towards the costal angles, that is, that the hori- Fig. 4. Circumference = 57'5 centimeters. Pigeon Breast. Tracing taken from a child of seven years. Dotted line indicates natural shape at same age. •zontal section tends to pass from the ellipse into the triangle. The cause of the straightness of the ribs is a long existing or frequently recuri'ing impedi- ment to free inspiration while the ribs are jjlastic, that is, during childhood; and espe- cially when they are unnaturally yielding, that is, when rickety. Chronic pulmonary catarrh (including whooping cough) and chronic enlarge- ment of the tonsils are the common causes of pigeon breast : the deformity may be easily seen in process of formation by watching the 0 2
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