Percussion Medical History

Percussion | medicine | Britannica

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percussion, in medicine, diagnostic procedure that entails striking the body directly or indirectly with short, sharp taps of a finger or, rarely, a hammer. The procedure was first described in 1761 by the Austrian physician Leopold Auenbrugger von …

The Birth of Percussion - Stanford Medicine 25

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In medical school, he studied at Leyden with a formal pupil of Herman Boerhaave, graduating in 1752. He was an excellent student and for his thesis wrote on the aphorisms of Hippocrates. After working in an …

Percussion (medicine) - Wikipedia

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A brief history of the Practice of Percussion.

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But percussion received little attention despite the fact that physical examination was a recognized part of medical practice dating back to the seventeenth century B.C. in ancient Egypt. Maximilian Stoll …

Pulmonary Exam: Percussion & Inspection - Stanford …

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Percussion was first described by Dr. Josef Leopold Auenbrugger, an Austrian physician who first observed his father tapping on wine barrels in the cellar of his hotel to determine …

The Birth of Percussion - The Hospitalist

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April 1, 2006 Josef Leopold Auenbrugger: the inventor of percussion Who more appropriate to discover percussion in the human form than a Viennese-trained physician? Josef Leopold Auenbrugger …

Percussion: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia

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Percussion is a method of tapping body parts with fingers, hands, or small instruments as part of a physical examination. It is done to determine: The size, consistency, …

Percussion - Physiopedia

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Percussion is often a beneficial manual technique to help in the removal of secretions in a number of respiratory conditions, these include [7] : Cystic fibrosis Emphysema Chronic bronchitis Pneumonia Adult Respiratory …

Percussion | definition of percussion by Medical dictionary

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Born in 1804, Victor de Pontigny wrote most of the percussion entries in A Dictionary of Music and Musicians, as indicated in table 1, and his 1892 obituary in The Musical …

Percussion instrument | Definition, Types, History

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The term percussion instrument dates to 1619, when the German music theorist and composer Michael Praetorius wrote of percussa, klopfende Instrument (German klopfen, “to beat”), as any struck …