Isabel Arce

The Art and Science of the Medical Auscultation: Respiratory Sounds

Alcibey Alvarado & Isabel Arce · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2016

Auscultation of the chest is a very old diagnostic method. Originally, it was performed by the examiner directly hearing into the patient's chest, and this practice dates back to the time of Hippocrates. The original description of lung sounds was based on comparing acoustic phen...