Download or read book Collected Works of Francis Sibson, Vol. 2 of 4 (Classic Reprint) written by William M. Ord and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Collected Works of Francis Sibson, Vol. 2 of 4 The incomparable Laennec says, "L'inspection du thorax pendant la respiration est tres peu utile." Well did Dr. Forbes remark, in translating this passage, that Laennec underrated the inspection of the motions of the chest as a means of diagnosis. Notwithstanding this opinion of Laennec, almost all the principal subsequent authors on the diseases of the chest, such as, among others, Andral, Collin, Dr. Forbes, Dr. C. J. B. Williams, Sir James Clark, Dr. Stokes, M. Voilliez, M. Fournet, Dr. Watson, and Dr. Walshe, have successively investigated the respiratory movements in chest disease. There has been indeed, of late years, a growing sense of the importance of observing the motions of respiration in forming a diagnosis. Impressed with the importance of the inquiry, and desirous of ascertaining the true value of the phenomena in diagnosis, I have for some years investigated the movements of respiration in health and disease. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."