A handbook of physical diagnosis of diseases of the organs of respiration and heart, and of aortic aneurism / by R.C.M. Page.

  • Richard Channing Moore Page
Date:
1891
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Credit: A handbook of physical diagnosis of diseases of the organs of respiration and heart, and of aortic aneurism / by R.C.M. Page. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    axillary line. The region on the right side is occupied by the right lobe of the liver. On the left side, we have the left lobe of the liver and the large end of the stomach. The outer boundary of the region on the left side corresiDonds to the anterior border of the spleen from the ninth to the eleventh ribs. Between these two regions is the epigastrium. The supra-sternal region lies above the supra-sternal notch and between the supra-clavicular regions. In it lies the trachea, but by firm pressure downward with the finger, the ^^atient's head being inclined for- w^ard, ]3ulsations of the transverse portion of the arch of the aorta may be felt, especially in the case of an- eurism. The superior sternal region (api^er sternal) corre- sponds to that x^ortion of the sternum above the line of the upper border of the third ribs. The inferior sternal region (lower sternal) corresponds to that part of the sternum below that line. Posterior Region.—This is divided on each side, from above down, into the, 1, supra-scajDular; 2, scapu- lar, and 3, sub-scajDular (infra-scapular) regions, and between the. scapulae is, 4, the inter-scaiDular region. The supra-scapular region corresponds to the supra- spinous fossa of the scaj^ula, and is occupied by lung tissue. The scapular region corresponds to the infra-si^i- nous fossa of the scapula, and is also occupied by lung- tissue. It is much larger than the former, and extends, according to Gray, down to the eighth rib. The inter-seapular region is situated between the scaiDulfe on both sides of the spinal column, which di-