Physical diagnosis : a guide to methods of clinical investigation / by G.A. Gibson and William Russell.

Date:
1890
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Credit: Physical diagnosis : a guide to methods of clinical investigation / by G.A. Gibson and William Russell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    occurs in early life. In addition there is present a row of bead-like projections on each side, at the junction of the Fig. 44.—Normal chest (Gee). cartilages to their respective ribs, and known as the rachitic rosary. Fig. 45.- -Rickety chest. (Gee.) Fig. 46.—Pigeon-breast. (Gee.) B. Tlie pigeon-breast.—This form is characterised by its triangular shape, the sides of the chest meeting almost at an angle. The sternum is in this way carried forward, and has been compared to the keel of a boat. C. The ew,pUysematous.—T\\& chest becomes more barrel- shaped than normal in this form; that is, it becomes rounder, the transverse and antero-posterior diameters approaching each other in size, the former becoming smaller while the