The physical diagnosis of diseases of the lungs / By Walter Hayle Walshe.

  • Walshe, Walter Hayle, 1812-1892.
Date:
1843
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Credit: The physical diagnosis of diseases of the lungs / By Walter Hayle Walshe. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    10. Infra-scapular.—Above, a line drawn trans- versely on the level of the angle of the scapula; below, a similar line on the level of the twelfth dorsal vertebra; outside, a line falling vertically downwards from the lower part of the outer border of the scapula; inside, the spine. 11. Interscapular.— Above, a line drawn from the spine of the scapula to the vertebrae; below, a line passing inwards from the angle of the scapula; outside, the inner border of that bone; inside, the spine. 12. Axillary.—Above, the angle of the axilla; below, a line drawn transversely about two inches below the level of the nipple ; anteriorly, the line bounding the mammary sub-region outside ; pos- teriorly, the external border of the scapula. 13. Infra-axillary.—Above, the lower edge of the axillary sub-region ; below, a line corresponding to the edge of the false ribs ; anteriorly, the external border of the mammary and infra-mammary sub- regions; posteriorly, the external border of the infra-scapular sub-region. Results of Inspection in the Natural State. A. Form.—The form of the chest of subjects who have never had any affection of the thorax itself or its contents may be regular, or more or less wrre- gular. [§ 6.] A chest regularly formed presents to the eye a cone having its narrow end uppermost [§ 7.]; its transverse diameter plainly exceeding the antero- posterior ; its two sides symmetrical, both generally B 4