The American Medical Intelligencer, Volume 1A. Waldie, 1842 - Medicine |
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... sound emitted by the child in breathing , was sharper and dryer ; in other words , more laryngeal , and less tracheal , than in ordinary croup . ART . II . - ENDERMIC USE OF SULPHATE OF QUININE IN INTERMITTENTS . [ Extracts from letters ...
... sound emitted by the child in breathing , was sharper and dryer ; in other words , more laryngeal , and less tracheal , than in ordinary croup . ART . II . - ENDERMIC USE OF SULPHATE OF QUININE IN INTERMITTENTS . [ Extracts from letters ...
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... sound . The strength of the sound thus heard in healthy persons , is greatest between the shoulder - blades and the spines , weaker under the clavicles , and still weaker in the axilla , and over the rest of the chest ; but it varies ...
... sound . The strength of the sound thus heard in healthy persons , is greatest between the shoulder - blades and the spines , weaker under the clavicles , and still weaker in the axilla , and over the rest of the chest ; but it varies ...
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... sound more readily than rare ones , but only if the sound be confined to the medium in which it is formed , for it passes with difficulty from one medium to another . For example , the slightest scratching at the end of a long pole is ...
... sound more readily than rare ones , but only if the sound be confined to the medium in which it is formed , for it passes with difficulty from one medium to another . For example , the slightest scratching at the end of a long pole is ...
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... sound and then of a hepatised lung removed from the body , the voice of another person who speaks through a stethoscope placed upon the lung at an equal distance in both cases , will be heard somewhat more distinctly in the sound than ...
... sound and then of a hepatised lung removed from the body , the voice of another person who speaks through a stethoscope placed upon the lung at an equal distance in both cases , will be heard somewhat more distinctly in the sound than ...
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... sound is but little increased . The cause of the strength- ening of sounds by the speaking - trumpet , is well known . The air inclosed in a defined space does not consonate with every sound ; and should it consonate with several ...
... sound is but little increased . The cause of the strength- ening of sounds by the speaking - trumpet , is well known . The air inclosed in a defined space does not consonate with every sound ; and should it consonate with several ...
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