A manual of clinical medicine and physical diagnosis / by Thomas Hawkes Tanner.

  • Tanner, Thomas Hawkes, 1824-1871.
Date:
1876
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Credit: A manual of clinical medicine and physical diagnosis / by Thomas Hawkes Tanner. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    be seen that there is a small space commencing above where the left lung leaves its fellow, at the fonrth cartilage, in which the heart is nncovered. The relative position of the heart and lungs around will be well understood if the diagram, to be found at p. 174, be carefully studied. A special section upon the position of the heart in Pig. 5. Diagram after Dr. Walshe, showing the position of the edge of the lungs in calm inspiration, and in. relation to the chest wall. The black lines indicate the edges of the lungs. The black dots on the ith ribs indicate the site of the nipples.