Royal Infirmary cliniques . ns and rhonchi. Over the left lung the percussionnote is everywhere resonant, and the breathing is puerile,with here and there a few rhonchi and crepitations, and inthe sixth and seventh interspaces in the axillary line well-marked friction is heard. By percussion and auscultation the boundaries of the lungsare made out as follows (see Plate):— Left Lung.—Upper border can be traced from the leftsterno-clavicular articulation upwards and outwards to theedge of the trapezius muscle, where it is 2\ in. above thelevel of the clavicle, thence inwards and downwards to the
Royal Infirmary cliniques . ns and rhonchi. Over the left lung the percussionnote is everywhere resonant, and the breathing is puerile,with here and there a few rhonchi and crepitations, and inthe sixth and seventh interspaces in the axillary line well-marked friction is heard. By percussion and auscultation the boundaries of the lungsare made out as follows (see Plate):— Left Lung.—Upper border can be traced from the leftsterno-clavicular articulation upwards and outwards to theedge of the trapezius muscle, where it is 2\ in. above thelevel of the clavicle, thence inwards and downwards to thevertebra prominens. Right Lung.—Upper border cannot well be demonstratedat the right sterno-clavicular articulation, but at the anterioredge of the trapezius muscle is 1^ in. above the level of theclavicle. From this point it can be traced to the vertebraprominens along a line which is nearly straight. Left Lung.—Anterior border can be traced from the leftsterno-clavicular articulation to the right and downwards, so. ^ :S ^ CD
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