Saint Bartholomew's Hospital reports . n conclusion, I may ssy that tlie results of my experiments onthe vesicular murnmr confirm those of Chaveau, Bondet, andBergeon performed on horses, and quoted in Dr. Paul Xiemeyerswork, and that the demonstration of the production of a new soundwhen there is stasis of air in the bronchi, &c., I have not seenelsewhere. I have to thank Dr. Andrew for his kindness in giving menmch help an i many suggestions with regard to the experiments,and also Dr. Buller for manv valuable criticisms. On the Breath Sounds of Health and Disease. 207 APPENDIX. DESCRIPTION O


Saint Bartholomew's Hospital reports . n conclusion, I may ssy that tlie results of my experiments onthe vesicular murnmr confirm those of Chaveau, Bondet, andBergeon performed on horses, and quoted in Dr. Paul Xiemeyerswork, and that the demonstration of the production of a new soundwhen there is stasis of air in the bronchi, &c., I have not seenelsewhere. I have to thank Dr. Andrew for his kindness in giving menmch help an i many suggestions with regard to the experiments,and also Dr. Buller for manv valuable criticisms. On the Breath Sounds of Health and Disease. 207 APPENDIX. DESCRIPTION OF THE APPARATUS. DESCBIPTION OF FIG. I. A. Chamber with glass sides. EC. Chamber with india-rubber sides (like the body of a pair of bellows), com-municating with A through the hole K. D. Handle for working bellows. E. Hinge on which handle D turns. F. Tap for emptying Hole in roof of chamber A. I. Tap leading through roof into chamber Communication between the two Stethoscope with india-rubber Tig. I. 2o8 On the Breath Sounds of Health and Disease. The artificial thorax with which most of tlie experiments weremade is represented in tig. i. The glass-sided chamber A, fixedupon a firm wooden bench, communicated through the smoothliole K with a second chamber C. Tlie sides of the chamber Cwere made of flexible india-rubber cloth, like the sides of a pairof bellows. The top of the bellows was fixed air-tight to tliebench round the hole leading into the upper chamber A, and thebottom of the bellows was attached to the handle D, moving on aiiinge at E ; at the bottom of the bellows was a tap F. The hole


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