A manual of auscultation and percussion : embracing the physical diagnosis of diseases of the lungs and heart, and of thoracic aneurism / by Austin Flint.

  • Flint, Austin, 1812-1886.
Date:
1890
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Credit: A manual of auscultation and percussion : embracing the physical diagnosis of diseases of the lungs and heart, and of thoracic aneurism / by Austin Flint. 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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    In the revision of this manual for a third edition, it has been deemed advisable, as in the previous editions, to restrict its scope to auscultation and percussion considered chiefly with reference to their practical application, and to present these with as much condensation as possible. In the present edition, the modes by which pulmonary signs may be repro- duced in the lungs removed from the body, and by artificial illustrations, have been briefly stated. The author has also introduced some practical points kindly suggested by his friend and colleague, Professor Janeway. The speedy ex- haustion of the second edition may, perhaps, be fairly regarded as evidence, not alone of the usefulness of the work to the medical student and practitioner, but of an increasing appreciation of the importance of the study of auscultation and percussion, as well as of the analytical method by which the study is facilitated, and knowledge of the physical signs made readily available in diagnosis. New York, March, 1888.