Examination papers of Mary Wolfe : Pulte Medical College, class 1883.

  • Wolfe, Mary.
Date:
1886
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Credit: Examination papers of Mary Wolfe : Pulte Medical College, class 1883. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of greatest intensity; the sounds are propagated into the surrounding area, and diffused throughout the chest. The voice is hardly audible. E. Infra-mammary Region. Contents. On the right side is found the liver; in the superior portion of the region the lung is in front of it. On the left side are the anterior portion of the base of the lung, a small part of the left lobe of the liver, the anterior border of the spleen and the cardiac end of the stomach. Signs of Normal Function. On palpation, resistance from the presence of the liver, and the apex beat of the heart are found; on percussion, dullness and high pitch over the region of the liver and spleen, and tympanitic resonance over the stomach, result; on auscultation, vesicu- lar murmur is heard on both sides. F. Supra-sternal Region. Contents. The trachea, and sometimes the tip of the transverse portion of the arch of the aorta, are found; also the arteria innominata at its lower border. Signs of Normal Function. Palpation and percussion are of little value here; on auscultation, tracheal breatliing is heard. G. Superior or Upper Sternal Region. Contents. The division of the trachea, the aorta, and great vessels are found here. The heart lies partly in this region. The pulmonary valves are on a level with the third rib, the aortic valves below. Signs of Normal Function. Palpation reveals the pres- ence of the sternum; on percussion there is clear resonance of high pitch; on auscultation, bronchial breathing, bron- cho])hoiiy, and reflected heart-sounds are heard.