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immediate auscultation

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immediate auscultation
n.
The direct application of an examiner's ear to the surface of a patient's body in order to listen to the internal sounds of the body.
immediate auscultation
[imē′dē·it]
Etymology: L, im + medius, middle, auscultare, to listen
a method of examining a patient by placing an ear or stethoscope on the skin directly over the body part being studied.


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With immediate auscultation being rendered inadmissible by the age and sex of the patient, Laennec happened to recollect a simple and well-known fact in acoustics: "The augmented impression of sound when conveyed through certain solid bodies, as when we hear the scratch of a pin at one end of a piece of wood, on applying our ear to the other.
The Legacy of Laennec by Jay, Venita / Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
 
 
 
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