CHAPTER XXV 

 Respiration 



The respiratory movements in man. Examine the chest during 

 quiet respiration, and notice the parts in which movement is most 

 evident ; the same with forced respiration. Observe the alteration in 



FIG. 81. Burdon Sanderson's stethograph. fr, Frame suspended over the 

 shoulder by cord, c ; b, b', buttons applied to opposite sides of the chest 

 wall; ap, steel spring; t, receiving tambour; t', recording tambour. 



obliquity and other changes in position of the ribs, rib-cartilages, 

 sternum, and epigastrium. Apply the ear directly or through a 

 stethoscope to the chest wall and listen to the vesicular murmur. 

 Count the rate of respiration and compare it with that of the pulse of 

 the same individual, 



