Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1783

AUSTIN FLINT (1812-1886) A manual of percussion and auscultation; of the physical diagnosis of diseases of the lungs and heart, and of thoracic aneurism. Henry C. Lea 1876 viii [13]-255 [1] 12 pp. 19.1 cm.

For more information on this author or work, see number: 1779

Flint had a major influence on the understanding of functional heart disease and the importance of heart murmurs. In 1862, he gave the first description of the heart murmur, still known as the Austin Flint murmur, which is a loud presystolic murmur heard best at the apex of the heart in aortic regurgitation. This work was intended to be a practical manual of physical diagnosis and is a model of clarity and brevity. It became extremely popular and reached an eighth edition in 1920.

Cited references: Osler 2606 (4th ed., 1885)

Gift of John Martin, M.D.