Compendium of percussion & auscultation : and of the physical diagnosis of diseases affecting the lungs and heart / by Austin Flint.

  • Flint, Austin, 1812-1886.
Date:
1874
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Credit: Compendium of percussion & auscultation : and of the physical diagnosis of diseases affecting the lungs and heart / 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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    2. Auscultation of the Voice. Normal Vocal Resonance.—A diffused, dis- tant resounding of the voice in health, generally accompanied with more or less vibration of the walls of the chest, or fremitus. Yaries much in degree in different healthy persons. Always louder on the right than on the left side of the chest. Normal Bronchial Whisper.—A blowing sound heard with whispered words, at the upper part of the chest, in front and behind, and more marked in proportion as the ear approaches the site of the trachea and the primary bronchi. The sound varies considerably in intensity in different healthy persons. It is louder at the right than at the left summit of the chest; but the pitch is somewhat higher on the left side. It is comparatively feeble, and often wanting, over the middle and the lower third of the chest. Its characters correspond to those of the expira- tory sound in forced breathing.