On the temperature of the body as a means of diagnosis in phthisis and tuberculosis / by Sydney Ringer.

Date:
1865
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Credit: On the temperature of the body as a means of diagnosis in phthisis and tuberculosis / by Sydney Ringer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    clavicles, and expansion not very good under either, equal on the two sides. Percussion. Right side. Dulness at acromial angle reaching to the lower border of the second rib, and slight dulness at inner part of infra-clavicular region. Percussion excellent over rest of right front. Left very dull over whole of front; and also very dull in the upper part of the axillary region; here however it becomes good as we pass downward. Get cracked-pot sound at the acromial angle. Left. Respiration very blowing over whole front, and over the external two-thirds of the infra-clavicular region, and as low as the inferior border of the second rib respiration is cavernous. Hear a little rhonchus at the inner part of the infra-clavicular region. None elsewhere. Respiration rather blowing in the upper part of the axillary region. Right. Respiration blowing under the clavicle as low as the second rib. No rhonchus. Back. Percussion very bad, both apices, especially so on left side. This improves on right side, two fingers' breadth below the spine of the scapula, and on the left side at two fingers' breadth above the angle of the scapula. Respiration at the apices weak and blowing. No cavernous breathing. No rhon- chus. Respiration harsh below. July 16th, Left. Percussion everywhere dull, though not absolutely so ; rather tubular in character. Dulness extends into the upper part of the axillary region, but soon improves as we pass down.