Observations on M. Laennec's method of forming a diagnosis of the diseases of the chest by means of the stethoscope, and of percussion, and upon some points of the French practice of medicine / by Charles Scudamore.

  • Scudamore, Charles, 1779-1849.
Date:
1826
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    the stethoscope is very natural, when con- stant proofs are afforded of the accuracy of opinion formed by M. Laennec, and others, who are competent in using it. The proofs of sure diagnosis are derived from dissection; as, necessarily, the diseases of the lungs and of the heart, allow frequent opportunity of ob- taining this test of the physicians’judgment. I will relate one instance which came within my immediate knowledge ; although equally strong proofs are so numerous, that the regular observer can no more doubt the merits of the stethoscope, than the mathe- matician can distrust a resolved problem. In the clinical record of a case of con- sumption, M. Laennec had stated his opi- nion, that the upper portion of one lung was the exclusive seat of ulceration. The pa- tient died, and examination was made. The lungs were removed from the chest,