The Physical Examination of the Chest in Pulmonary Consumption and Its Intercurrent Diseases (Classic Reprint)

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The Author's position of Physician to the Hospital for Consumption has afforded him the most ample means of observing the signs he has described. These, both in a practical and a scientific point of View, have had an absorbing interest for him and this, perchance, may have on some occasions led him to be prolix. The concentration of thought which they favour, and the Opportunities which they afford for investigation, are believed by many to be among the most important advantages of special hospitals - centres for relief and study, - which have happily been accorded a secure place amongst the most valued institutions of modern times, and of this progressive and labour-dividing age.

Much of the materials upon which the following descriptions are based, much of the means for testing instruments, and of general observation, have been found in the hospital to which he has the honour to belong.

His colleagues have greatly aided the Author. The observation of their practice, and the instruction which has casually fallen from them, have been a guide to him. He would thus gratefully acknowledge their aid but at the same time, he by no means desires to shelter himself from criticism for his opinions, for which he holds himself alone responsible.

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