. A practical treatise on medical diagnosis for students and physicians . cloth-ing, cither through haste upon the part of the physician or through falsemodesty upon the part of the patient, has unfortunately also led to theneglect ot inspection and palpation. It is proper to insist that the dataobtained by inspection and palpation are as important and valuable asthose obtained by other means. They are even more suggestive or diag-nostic ot physical conditions. The phenomena observed through themare more positive and surrounded by fewer qualifications. Topographical Anatomy. In order that the
. A practical treatise on medical diagnosis for students and physicians . cloth-ing, cither through haste upon the part of the physician or through falsemodesty upon the part of the patient, has unfortunately also led to theneglect ot inspection and palpation. It is proper to insist that the dataobtained by inspection and palpation are as important and valuable asthose obtained by other means. They are even more suggestive or diag-nostic ot physical conditions. The phenomena observed through themare more positive and surrounded by fewer qualifications. Topographical Anatomy. In order that the condition of the under-lying parts may be learned from the physical signs elicited upon thechest, a knowledge is required of the relations ot the various organs withthe chest-wall. Diaphragm. The apex ot the diaphragm is on a level with the eighthdorsal vertebra. Trachea. The trachea the plane which passes horizontallyfrom the junction o\ the first and second portions of the sternum to thebody of the fourth dorsal vertebra. PLATE V. FIG. 1.—Anterioi t a. I FIG. 2.—Posterior Asp
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