Volume 2

An introduction to the use of the stethoscope; with its application to the diagnosis in diseases of the thoracic viscera. Including the pathology of these various affections / by William Stokes.

  • Stokes, William, 1804-1878
Date:
1825
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Credit: An introduction to the use of the stethoscope; with its application to the diagnosis in diseases of the thoracic viscera. Including the pathology of these various affections / by William Stokes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    also produce it. It is not rare to meet with in- dividuals exhibiting this phenomenon, although in the enjoyment of perfect health; but it is then the result of a former disease, which has caused numerous:adhesions between the two pleura. — Abdominal respiration was mentioned before. ‘Here the abdomen is elevated. during inspiration, and depressed. during expiration; the ribs per- form no motion. We observe this phenomenon when the two lungs have become quite unfit for respiration; it is one of the most fatal symptoms, and. generally precedes death. | Respiration, how- ever, is often naturally abdominal in old persons, whose costal cartilages become ossified by the progress of age; and in them; the resistance of these parts is opposed to that. of the already weakened muscular action. Lauria ren Thoracic respiration, which is only effected by the elevation of the ribs, without the concurrence -of the diaphragm, is observed in all cases of in- tense extended inflammation. of the abdominal organs, or in those where the abdomen is dis- tended by pregnancy, or some accidental pro- duction. * * See Collin. Des diverses méthodes d’Exploration de la Poi- ‘trine, — |