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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    that their combinations and modes of succession are not seen in any other affection of the lung We were ourselves successful in diagnosing a very interesting case of mediastinal malignant tumour, with no external developement of disease.— Vide Medical Gazette, May 12ih, 1S38, p. 270. We allude to it, be- cause it has not been referred to by Dr. Stokes. DIAPHRAGMATIC INTESTINAL HERNIA. The nature of the lesion would be suspected from the local absence of the respiration, or its combination with the sounds of intestinal flatus above the limits of the diaphragm. INTERCOSTAL HERNIA OF THE LUNGS. Percussion would give a clear sound; and the stethoscope would discover the respiration over the point corresponding to the tumour. Section II. PHYSICAL SIGNS OF DISE ASES OF THE PERICARDIUM AND HEART. PERICARDITIS. First period. Stage of inflammation. Exterior. The action of the heart is usually