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... child , you enter the room abruptly , and , going at once to your patient , you begin to look closely at it , while at the same time you question the mother or nurse about its ailments in your ordinary pitch of voice , the child , to ...
... child , you enter the room abruptly , and , going at once to your patient , you begin to look closely at it , while at the same time you question the mother or nurse about its ailments in your ordinary pitch of voice , the child , to ...
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... child utter any sound you may attend to the character of its cry . All your observations must be made without staring the child in the face ; little children , espe- cially if ill , seem always disturbed by this , and will be almost ...
... child utter any sound you may attend to the character of its cry . All your observations must be made without staring the child in the face ; little children , espe- cially if ill , seem always disturbed by this , and will be almost ...
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Charles West. EXAMINATION OF SICK CHILDREN . parison of the two are always more valuable than those of either taken alone . But if this be your first visit to the child , do not , for the sake of ascertaining either of these points ...
Charles West. EXAMINATION OF SICK CHILDREN . parison of the two are always more valuable than those of either taken alone . But if this be your first visit to the child , do not , for the sake of ascertaining either of these points ...
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... child , attempt to percuss the walls of the chest immediately , but should strike on your finger , and even then very gently . The chest of the child is so resonant , that , if you percuss smartly , you will fail to perceive the finer ...
... child , attempt to percuss the walls of the chest immediately , but should strike on your finger , and even then very gently . The chest of the child is so resonant , that , if you percuss smartly , you will fail to perceive the finer ...
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Charles West. EXAMINATION OF SICK CHILDREN . able to use ; for , if the child be not frightened , it will probably be so exceedingly amused at what it regards as specially intended for its own diversion , that it will join in the game ...
Charles West. EXAMINATION OF SICK CHILDREN . able to use ; for , if the child be not frightened , it will probably be so exceedingly amused at what it regards as specially intended for its own diversion , that it will join in the game ...
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