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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    to a circumscribed space around the apex of the organ; the character generally peculiar, resem- bling the sound caused by throwing the lips or tongue into vibration with the breath of expira- tion. The pulmonic valvular sound of the heart intensified, if the mitral lesions have led to hy- pertrophy of the right ventricle. The aortic valvular sound weakened in proportion to the amount of the mitral obstruction. This murmur is frequently associated with the mitral regurgi- tant. It does not denote mitral lesions, in all cases, when it is associated with aortic regurgi- tant lesions. Tricuspid Regurgitation.—An endocardial murmur with the first sound of the heart (sys- tolic), heard within a circumscribed area at the Lower part of the sternum. Frequently, if not generally, associated with pulsation or undula- tion in the jugular veins. Lesions at the Pulmonic Orifice—An endo- cardial organic murmur with the first sound of the