The medical examination for life insurance and its associated clinical methods : with chapters on the insurance of substandard lives and accident insurance . ion of the lower border of the lungsand of the area of the superficial dullness of the heart. On theother hand, there is a tendency to overlook or fail to recognizea chest of the emphysematous type, because of the tendency ofthe spine to adapt itself to the changed diameters by a compen-satory curve. In such a case the typical emphysematous formis apparent only after the patient has been placed on a flat surfacein the dorsal recumbent pos
The medical examination for life insurance and its associated clinical methods : with chapters on the insurance of substandard lives and accident insurance . ion of the lower border of the lungsand of the area of the superficial dullness of the heart. On theother hand, there is a tendency to overlook or fail to recognizea chest of the emphysematous type, because of the tendency ofthe spine to adapt itself to the changed diameters by a compen-satory curve. In such a case the typical emphysematous formis apparent only after the patient has been placed on a flat surfacein the dorsal recumbent position. The long, narrow or flattened chest, with projecting, wing-likescapulae, narrow epigastric angle, drooping shoulders, and long,prominent neck, indicates a predisposition to phthisis, and callsfor careful scrutiny of the lungs; and especially is this the caseif the family history shows any tuberculosis in the members. Pseudoalar Chest.—Every thin chest is not a phthisicalchest, and it should be remembered that a thorax approachingthe alar type does not necessarily prove its possessor to be a nu. EX wii\ \i [(>\ < .1 i in iCHES1 01 i LIN]. Fig ; Normal chest. Fig. 2. Pigeon-breast Fig. 3. 4. Emphysema. {Gee; modi;:
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