. Medical diagnosis for the student and practitioner. Fig. 89. Fig. 90. Figs. 89 and 8.—Illustrating the absurdity of the mammillary (nipple) line as a landmark. The discrepancies of location encountered in the male are almost as marked. This fissure follows the vertebral border of the scapula when the corre-sponding hand is carried forward and across to the opposite shoulder andrepresents a region most important in connection with the primary line ofinvasion by the tubercle bacillus as first detectable by physical signs. The modern regional divisions and orientation lines necessary to verbalo


. Medical diagnosis for the student and practitioner. Fig. 89. Fig. 90. Figs. 89 and 8.—Illustrating the absurdity of the mammillary (nipple) line as a landmark. The discrepancies of location encountered in the male are almost as marked. This fissure follows the vertebral border of the scapula when the corre-sponding hand is carried forward and across to the opposite shoulder andrepresents a region most important in connection with the primary line ofinvasion by the tubercle bacillus as first detectable by physical signs. The modern regional divisions and orientation lines necessary to verbalor written description are shown clearly by the plates. THE THORACIC VISCERA With Especial Reference to the Lungs, Pleurae, and Bronchi Contained vs. Sheltered Viscera.—The heart with its great vessels,the lungs and their primary bronchi, are contained viscera. The liver, spleen,and kidneys, and even a part of the stomach are sheltered viscera, thoughactually subdiaphragmatic and abdominal. The Lungs.—The lungs occupy nearly all of the upper ch


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