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with symptoms very variable, and diffi- 

 cult to submit to fixed rules which would 

 allow of a precise diagnosis. 



There are cases when enormous le- 

 sions which are not perceptible upon 

 auscultation nor percussion, and which 

 moreover do not reveal themselves at 

 the spot to which they anatomically 

 correspond. Notwithstanding, with all 

 their apparent obscurity, such lesions are 

 manifested by distant reflexes; by chan- 

 ges of habit, varied manifestations which 

 clinically may prove decisive. 



Resistance to fattening is one of the 

 most singificant symptoms in this form 

 of tuberculosis, in spite of the fact that 

 postmort3m sometimes reveals enormous 

 lesions in perfectly fat subjects. 



The dorsal reflex, as was seen in the 

 previous chapter, may prove to be a 

 good means of diagnosis, in respect of 

 lesions of the thoracic cavity. Moreo- 

 ver, all that has been said in the part 

 dealing with symptomatology can be 



