Medical diagnosis, with special reference to practical medicine : a guide to the knowledge and discrimination of diseases / by J.M. Da Costa.

  • Da Costa, J. M. (Jacob Mendes), 1833-1900.
Date:
1884
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Credit: Medical diagnosis, with special reference to practical medicine : a guide to the knowledge and discrimination of diseases / by J.M. Da Costa. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    SECTION I. DISEASES OE THE LUNGS. PAGE Different Methods of Physical Diagnosis, and the Physical Signs of Pulmonary Diseases 234 Inspection 234 Mensuration 235 Palpation 239 Percussion 239 Auscultation 246 Sounds of Respiration in Health and in Disease 248 Changes in the Vesicular Murmur 249 Bronchial Respiration 253 New or Adventitious Sounds 256 Auscultation of the Voice 260 Combination of the Physical Signs, and the Examination of Patients affected with Disease of the Lungs 262 Principal Symptoms of Diseases of the Lungs 265 Dyspnoea 266 Cough 270 The Sputa 273 Haemoptysis 274 Diseases in which Clearness on Percussion is met with 278 Acute Bronchitis 278 Chronic Bronchitis 282 Emphysema 285 Diseases in which Dulness on Percussion occurs 290 Phthisis 290 Acute Affections of the Lungs 316 Acute Phthisis 316 Acute Pneumonia 320 Acute Pleurisy 331 Diseases presenting Dilatation of the Chest, Displacement of the Liver and Heart, and Dyspnoea 338 Pneumothorax 338 Chronic Pleurisy 343 Diseases in which Retraction of the Chest occurs 350 Chronic Pleurisy 350 SECTION II. DISEASES OF THE HEART. General Considerations 354 Examination of the Heart by the different Methods of Physical Diagnosis 357 Inspection ; 357 Palpation 358 Percussion 359