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" I was consulted by a young woman labouring under general symptoms of diseased heart, and in whose case percussion and the application of the hand were of little avail on account of the great degree of fatness. "
The Cyclopædia of Practical Medicine: Comprising Treatises on the Nature ... - Page 223
edited by - 1832
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Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful ..., Volumes 3-4

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1835 - 1102 pages
...says Laennec in his great work De £ Auscultation Mediate et des Maladies des Poumons el du Caeur, ' I was consulted by a young woman affected with the...application of the ear being inadmissible for obvious teasons, I happened to recollect a- simple and well-known fact in acoustics, and fancied it might be...
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The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffussion of Useful ..., Volume 3

Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1835 - 564 pages
...Laenncc in his great work Du t Awic iillutiort Mi'diate r,t den Maladies dun Poumotu ut da. Cirur, ' I was consulted by a young woman affected with the...little avail, owing to her being extremely lusty. The immcdiatu application of the ear being inadmissible for obvious reasons, I happened to recollect a...
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The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

1835 - 588 pages
...the general symptoms of diseased heart, and in whose ease percussion and the application of the haml were of little avail, owing to her being extremely lusty. The immediate ¿ application of the oar being inadmissible for obvious rca¿ soits, I happened to recollect a simple and well-known fact...
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The Cyclopaedia of Practical Medicine: Comprising Treatises on the ..., Volume 1

Sir John Forbes, Alexander Tweedie, John Conolly, Robley Dunglison - Medicine - 1848 - 828 pages
...especially in diseases of the heart. In cases of this kind, young Laennec and several of his fellow-pupils were accustomed, in imitation of Hippocrates, to apply...being inadmissible for obvious reasons, I happened to rccollect a simple and well-known fact in acoustics, and fancied it might be turned to some use on...
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Physical exploration and diagnosis of diseases affecting the respiratory organs

Austin Flint - 1856 - 684 pages
...which led to it in the following words : " In 1816, I was consulted by a young woman laboring under general symptoms of diseased heart, and in whose case...and the application of the hand were of little avail on account of the great degree of fatness. The other method just mentioned being rendered inadmissible...
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Lectures on the specific fevers and diseases of the chest

Sir Samuel Wilks - 1874 - 170 pages
...principle of its construction. Laennec says, " In 1816 I was consulted by a young woman labouring under general symptoms of diseased heart, and in whose case...the application of the hand were of little avail, on account of the great degree of fatness. The other method — percussion — just mentioned being...
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Lectures on the Specific Fevers and Diseases of the Chest

Sir Samuel Wilks - Chest - 1875 - 166 pages
...principle of its construction. Laennec says, " In 1816 I was consulted by a young woman labouring under general symptoms of diseased heart, and in whose case...the application of the hand were of little avail, on account of the great degree of fatness. The other method — percussion — just mentioned being...
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The Asclepiad. v. 5, 1888, Volume 5

1888 - 430 pages
...STETHOSCOPE. THE FIRST ACCOUNT OF A GREAT DISCOVERY. : N 1816 I was consulted by a young woman labouring under general symptoms of diseased heart, and in whose case...and the application of the hand were of little avail on account of the great degree of fatness. The other method just mentioned — immediate auscultation...
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Disciples of Aesculapius, Volume 1

Benjamin Ward Richardson, Mrs. George Martin - Medicine - 1901 - 498 pages
...THE FIRST ACCOUNT OF A GREAT DISCOVERY. " TN 1816 I was consulted by a young woman labouring under J. general symptoms of diseased heart, and in whose case...and the application of the hand were of little avail on account of the great degree of fatness. The other method just mentioned — immediate auscultation...
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Epoch-making contributions to medicine, surgery, and the allied sciences

Charles Nicoll Bancker Camac - 1909 - 488 pages
...led me to the discovery of one much better. In 1816 I was consulted by a young woman labouring under general symptoms of diseased heart, and in whose case...and the application of the hand were of little avail on account of the great degree of fatness. The other method just mentioned being rendered inadmissible...
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