Essentials of physical diagnosis of the thorax

Preface To The Second Edition

The first edition of this book, published under the title " Outline of Physical Diagnosis of the Thorax," was chiefly intended to meet the immediate wants of my classes. From its rapid distribution it has seemed to have reached a wider field. The present edition under the new title, as published by Mr. Saunders, is a revision of the original text, with an added section setting forth the signs found in each disease of the chest.

In the preparation of this synopsis I have availed myself of the works of the best writers upon Diagnosis, General Medicine, Physiology, and Anatomy, from which I have endeavored to cull the essentials of the subject in hand.

A. M. C.