Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1780

AUSTIN FLINT (1812-1886) Physical exploration and diagnosis of diseases affecting the respiratory organs. Blanchard and Lea 1856 xvi [17]-636 pp. 21.4 cm.

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In 1852 Flint left Buffalo to become professor of the theory and practice of medicine at the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky. He remained at Louisville until 1856 when he returned to Buffalo to assume the chair of pathology and clinical medicine. It was while at Louisville that Flint wrote the present work. Like Bowditch (see No. 1713 ff.), Flint believed strongly in the merits of physical diagnosis and, through books like this, helped influence his fellow practitioners. Intended to teach the student and practitioner the essentials of using the stethoscope, this work includes the first thorough discussion of percussion and auscultation in healthy individuals. Flint was among the first to recognize the importance of becoming familiar with normal chest sounds before exploring the sounds of the diseased chest. He omitted the usual discussion of the physics of sound because he believed that the best method for learning to use the stethoscope was clinical correlation. Flint also introduced the analytical study of sounds because he felt that it was far easier to analyze and describe their component parts.

See Related Record(s): 1713

Cited references: Osler 2604