Clinical lectures on the principles and practice of medicine . quently,viewed in relation to the ribs, the descent of the internal organs appears to be greaterthan it really is.—(Sibson.) 38 EXAMINATION OF THE PATIENT and flattened during expiration. These respiratory movements of the ab-domen bear a certain relation to those of the chest, being often increasedwhen the latter are arrested, and vice versa. Thus, in pleurisy, the re-spiratory movements are mostly abdominal, whereas in peritonitis, they arealtogether thoracic. The variations observable in the disturbed rela-tions of the respirato
Clinical lectures on the principles and practice of medicine . quently,viewed in relation to the ribs, the descent of the internal organs appears to be greaterthan it really is.—(Sibson.) 38 EXAMINATION OF THE PATIENT and flattened during expiration. These respiratory movements of the ab-domen bear a certain relation to those of the chest, being often increasedwhen the latter are arrested, and vice versa. Thus, in pleurisy, the re-spiratory movements are mostly abdominal, whereas in peritonitis, they arealtogether thoracic. The variations observable in the disturbed rela-tions of the respiratory movements in the thorax and abdomen are oftenhighly instructive, especially in cases of dyspnoea from hydrothorax,spasmodic asthma, anaemia, ascites, abdominal tumors, etc. Inspection of the Pharynx.—For this purpose a broad spatula firmlymounted in a handle at right angles is necessary to depress the spatulse are now easily procurable of diiferent forms in all surgical-instrument makers shops, the most convenient being those here figured,.
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