Observations on M. Laennec's method of forming a diagnosis of the diseases of the chest by means of the stethoscope, and of percussion, and upon some points of the French practice of medicine / by Charles Scudamore.

  • Scudamore, Charles, 1779-1849
Date:
1826
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Credit: Observations on M. Laennec's method of forming a diagnosis of the diseases of the chest by means of the stethoscope, and of percussion, and upon some points of the French practice of medicine / by Charles Scudamore. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the difiiculty which at first attends the tuition of the ear. A skilful use of the instrument requires much practice. It is not, aS some may ima- gine, a simple matter of hearing a delicate sound. act is necessary, but this will be acquired by perseverance. For two days of my own study, I was frequently at a loss to distinguish the peculiar sound or murmur of respiration, and almost despaired of suc- cess. 1 mention this circumstance, that others beginning with the practice of this in- ing, by the awkwardness and disappoint- ment which they at first encounter. At La Charité, the best informed stu- dents are great enthusiasts im the practice of this discovery, and regard it as an indispen- sable source of information in the diagnosis of the diseases of the chest. Such reliance on 4