A bedside manual of physical diagnosis : ... with an appendix, containing a plan for the registration of cases in hospital and private pratice : also an abstract of Mr. Farr's statistical nosology / by Charles Cowan.

  • Cowan Charles, 1806-1868.
Date:
1842
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Credit: A bedside manual of physical diagnosis : ... with an appendix, containing a plan for the registration of cases in hospital and private pratice : also an abstract of Mr. Farr's statistical nosology / by Charles Cowan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ment of diseases of this organ. Mr. Curtis has modified the stethoscope by attaching to it an oval extremity capable of embracing the whole external ear in its cavity, and thus, he states, rendering the sounds more distinct. This instru- ment is advertised under the imposing term of “ Cephaloscope.” We refer the student for ad- ditional details to the admirable article “ Ear,” in the Cyclopaedia of Practical Surgery, by Mr. Wharton Jones, where the present state of our knowledge on the subject is succinctly and accu- rately laid down.