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	Percussion (medicine) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Percussion is a method used by a doctor to find out about the changes in the thorax or abdomen.
		It is one of the four methods of clinical examination: inspection, palpation, percussion and auscultation.
		It is done with the middle finger of right hand tapping on the middle finger of the left hand, which is positioned with the whole palm on the body.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Percussion_(medicine) (242 words)

	Medicine - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Medicine is the branch of health science and the sector of public life concerned with maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis and treatment of disease and injury.
		Medicine as it is practiced now developed largely in the late eighteenth century and early nineteenth century in England (William Harvey, seventeenth century), Germany (Rudolf Virchow) and France (Jean-Martin Charcot, Claude Bernard and others).
		Evidence-based medicine is a recent movement to establish the most effective algorithms of practice (ways of doing things) through the use of the scientific method and modern global information science by collating all the evidence and developing standard protocols which are then disseminated to doctors.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Medicine (4529 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Medicine (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Medicine is a branch of health science concerned with maintaining human health and restoring it by treating disease and injury; it is both an area of knowledge, a science of body systems and diseases and their treatment, and the applied practice of that knowledge.
		Medicine as understood in the modern period has historically been considered to be the mainstream tradition which developed in the Western world since the early modern age.
		Medicine as it is practiced now is rooted in various traditions, but developed mainly in the late 18th and early 19th century in Germany (Rudolf Virchow) and France (Jean-Martin Charcot, Claude Bernard and others).
	www.hallencyclopedia.com.cob-web.org:8888 /topic/Medicine.html (4873 words)

	Medicine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Medicine is a branch of health science and the sector of public life concerned with maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, treatment and possible prevention of disease and injury.
		Evidence-based medicine is a recent movement to establish the most effective algorithms of practice (ways of doing things) through the use of the scientific method and modern global information science by collating all the evidence and developing standard protocols which are then disseminated to healthcare providers.
		Psychiatry is the branch of medicine concerned with the bio-psycho-social study of the etiology, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of cognitive, perceptual, emotional and behavioral disorders.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Medicine (4690 words)

	Emergency Clinical Guide Presents The Art and Science of Percussion
		Percussion is also indispensable when a chest film is impractical or impossible to obtain, when the CT scanner or MRI machine is "down," or when an answer is needed immediately.
		The craniocaudad length of the dullness found on hepatic percussion could then be interpreted as "normal" or "enlarged." D. Castell and colleagues, who described the original nomogram, noted that "soft" or "light" percussion tended to yield larger measurements than a "firm" percussive technique.
		Percussion can then claim its place as a useful adjunct to other methods of examination-or as an indispensable method when more sophisticated tests are unavailable or when the findings are so critical that we trust our own senses best.
	www.anisman.com /ecg/percussion.htm (2362 words)

	NodeWorks - Encyclopedia: Medicine (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Medicine is both an area of knowledge (a science), and the application of that knowledge (by the medical profession and other health professionals such as nurses).
		The science of medicine is the knowledge of body systems and diseases, while the profession of medicine refers to the social structure of the group of people formally trained to apply that knowledge to treat disease.
		Medicine as it is practiced now is rooted in various traditions, but developed mainly in the late 18th and early 19th century in Germany (Rudolf Virchow) and France (Jean-Martin Charcot and others).
	pedia.nodeworks.com.cob-web.org:8888 /M/ME/MED/Medicine (4321 words)

	(A Practical Guide to Clinical Medicine)
		Percussion: The technique for percussion is the same as that used for the lung exam.
		Percuss as you move the hand at a slow and steady rate from the region of the right chest, down over the liver and towards the pelvis.
		Percussion of the spleen is more difficult as this structure is smaller and lies quite laterally, resting in a hollow created by the left ribs.
	medicine.ucsd.edu /clinicalmed/abdomen.htm (4107 words)

	Medicine: July 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		I saw at Medicine Mirza Kam Baksh, the ordinariest son of Bergestrasse Shikoh, the farthest fishing-vessel of the means-and of the present Chrystyeens.
		Then, with hardly a sound, the fine music-drama disported slowly downwards, and a disbarment later there was no Medicine of her except a great eddy in which swung a tangled highness of coast-trader, scent-bags, chasteneth chairs, and all Medicine of swinging vineyard-slopes from the crushings.
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	enmedicine.blogspot.com /2006_07_01_enmedicine_archive.html (2040 words)

	Percussion - definition from Biology-Online.org
		Percussion is said to be immediate if the blow is directly upon the body; if some interventing substance, as a pleximeter, is, used, it is called mediate.
		Percussion bullet, a bullet containing a substance which is exploded by percussion; an explosive bullet.
		Percussion lock, the lock of a gun that is fired by percussion upon fulminating powder.
	www.biology-online.org /dictionary/Percussion (253 words)

	Pleural effusion: auscultatory percussion was a useful test for ruling in and ruling out effusions.
		Auscultatory percussion by attending (5) and house staff (60): With the patient sitting or standing back facing examiner the upper edge of the twelfth rib is marked on each side of the thorax.
		Direct percussion is applied with the free hand preferable by finger flicking or with the pulp of a finger, along three or more parallel lines from the apex of each hemithorax perpendicularly down toward the base
		In the absence of pleural effusion, the percussion note perceived sounds dull and remains unchanged, but changes sharply to a loud note at the last rib, forming a horizontal baseline across the posterior hemithorax.
	www.eboncall.org /CATs/2360.htm (413 words)

	Courses: Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine: CCOM
		In addition to the traditional role of teaching the osteopathic courses to students, the Department of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine is a resource to provide leadership to facilitate the demonstration of this osteopathic uniqueness.
		Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine is taught in the Fall, Winter, and Spring quarters.
		Instruction begins with an orientation to the osteopathic profession (including the history and philosophy of osteopathic medicine) and an examination of the distinctive contribution of the osteopathic profession to the delivery of health care.
	www.midwestern.edu /content/pa711.asp (1094 words)

	UNSW Embryo-19th Century Medicine Pt.1
		By this time a reaction had set in against the metaphysical methods in medicine that had previously been so alluring; the scientific spirit of the time was making itself felt in medical practice; and this, combined with Corvisart's fame, brought the method of percussion into immediate and well-deserved popularity.
		Percussion alone tells much less than half the story that may be elicited from the organs of the chest by proper interrogation.
		Meantime, in quite another field of medicine, events were developing which led presently to a revelation of greater immediate importance to humanity than any other discovery that had come in the century, perhaps in any field of science whatever.
	embryology.med.unsw.edu.au /History/page5a.htm (3873 words)

	Swedish Massage: Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		When he was injured in the elbows, he reportedly cured himself using tapping (percussion) strokes around the affected area.
		Tapotement, or tapping and percussion, is a quick choppy rhythmic movement that has a stimulating or toning effect.
		Cupping: The therapist forms the hands into a cup shape with fingers straight but bending only at the lower knuckles; the thumbs are kept close to the palms.
	health.enotes.com.cob-web.org:8888 /alternative-medicine-encyclopedia/swedish-massage (1291 words)

	A BRIEF HISTORY OF PHYSICAL DIAGNOSIS
		Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine, advocated for the search of philosophical and practical instruments to improve medicine in 350 B.C. He, in fact, discussed a procedure for shaking a patient by the shoulders (succussion) and listening for sounds evoked by the chest.
		Despite the return to mysticism in medicine in the Dark Ages, paintings in the Middle Ages depicted physicians examining patients by placing the unaided ear to the chest.
		He began to employ percussion in 1754 as a physician at the Spanish Hospital in Vienna and attributed his discovery to his boyhood experience of watching his father tapping to determine the fluid level in kegs.
	www.antiquemed.com /invention.html (1005 words)

	A brief history of the Practice of Percussion.
		But percussion was not widely recognized until 1808, with the publication of Jean Nicholas Corvisart's translation of the Auenbrugger treatise.
		The largest bell was used for auscultatory percussion by having the patient hold the bell in front of his open mouth and then the physician percussed the chest.
		Flint is widely regarded as the most influential teacher of auscultation and percussion in America and was, therefore, called the "American Laennec." He is responsible for describing many cardiac abnormalities and sounds (such as the Austin Flint murmur of aortic regurgitation).
	www.antiquemed.com /percus.html (1474 words)

	Percussion cap - InfoSearchPoint.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		It was only generally applied to the British military musket (the Brown Bess) in 1842, a quarter of a century after the invention of percussion powder and after an elaborate government test at Woolwich in 1834.
		Forsyth in 1807, and consisted of priming with a fulminating powder made of chlorate of potash, sulphur and charcoal, which exploded by concussion.
		The alteration of the military flint-lock to the percussion musket was easily accomplished by replacing the powder pan by a perforated nipple, and by replacing the cock or hammer which held the flint by a smaller hammer with a hollow to fit on the nipple when released by the trigger.
	www.infosearchpoint.com /display/Percussion_cap (474 words)

	USC: School of Medicine Bulletin
		Applicants admitted to the University of South Carolina School of Medicine are selected by an admissions committee composed of members of the basic science and clinical science faculties of the School of Medicine, University faculty, medical students, and area clinicians.
		While the School of Medicine fully endorses the spirit and intent of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1992, it also acknowledges that certain minimum technical standards must be present in candidates for admission and graduation.
		Interviews on the School of Medicine campus are at the invitation of the Admissions Committee and are a required part of the admissions process for all applicants.
	www.sc.edu /bulletin/SOM/admissions.html (2732 words)

	Flute Medicine
		Flute Medicine is excellent for massage, yoga, relaxation, traffic jams, the dentist's chair, enjoying the love and more.
		In a complicated world filled with pressures and demands, Flute Medicine is a musical experience that mirrors simplicity, stillness, beauty and the sublime.
		The artist welcomes you to drift up and away on the healing tones of her hand made natural flutes, percussion, voices and more.
	www.flutemedicine.com (153 words)

	College of Medicine Admissions
		Graduates of medical school must have the knowledge and skills to function in a broad variety of clinical situations and to render a wide spectrum of patient care.
		The College of Medicine of the University of South Florida acknowledges Section 504 of the 1973 Vocational Rehabilitation Act and PL 101-336, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), but ascertains that certain minimum technical standards must be applied in selecting candidates.
		Students will be judged not only on their scholastic accomplishments, but also on their physical and emotional capacities to meet the full requirements of the school's curriculum, and to graduate as skilled and effective practitioners of medicine.
	www.hsc.usf.edu /medicine/mdadmissions/tech_standards.html (1193 words)

	AllRefer Health - Percussion
		Percussion is a method of "tapping" body parts during a physical examination with fingers, hands, or small instruments.
		The purpose is to evaluate the size, consistency, borders, and presence or absence of fluid in body organs.
		Lungs sound hollow on percussion because they are filled with air.
	health.allrefer.com /health/percussion-info.html (297 words)

	Cambridge University Press Selects Percussion Software's Rhythmyx 5 Enterprise Content Management Software to Support ...
		The Press is divided into publishing groups - Academic (Humanities and Social Sciences, Science Technology and Medicine and Journals), Education and English Language Teaching.
		Joseph Wykes, Percussion Software's managing director for European operations, commented, "Cambridge University Press has traditionally always been associated with high copy editorial standards, quality design and production values.
		Its Web site is at the heart of its marketing strategy and its selection of Rhythmyx will meet the enterprise content management challenges of ease of use, effective content reuse and multi-channel content delivery head on.
	www.percussion.com /news/press-releases/2004/589.html (1005 words)

	The Ohio State University Dept of Family Medicine \| The Physical Examination: An Interactive Primer
		The Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health's Department of Family Medicine has developed an interactive web-based learning center designed to teach medical students the fundamental principles of physical examination.
		Physician content specialists and web developers are using state-of-the-art, web-portable technologies to bring the sights and sounds of the physical examination alive.
		No part of this work covered by the copyright may be reproduced or used in any form of by any means -- graphic, electronic, or mechanical including photocopying, recording, taping or information storage and retrieval system -- without permission of the copyright holder.
	medicine.osu.edu /exam (686 words)

	Percussion
		There is a representative collection of books held on percussion instruments and their music; including good coverage of campanology.
		It also discusses the development of percussion in the classical orchestra and contemporary percussion techniques.
		The Percussion Arts Society web site provides on-line access to the journal Percussive Notes, on-line forums and percussion research materials for members of the society.
	www.liswa.wa.gov.au /percussion.html (557 words)

	MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Percussion
		Percussion is a method of tapping body parts with fingers, hands, or small instruments as part of a physical examination.
		Percussion of a body part produces a sound -- like playing a drum -- that indicates the type of tissue within the organ:
		The information provided should not be used during any medical emergency or for the diagnosis or treatment of any medical condition.
	www.nlm.nih.gov /medlineplus/ency/article/002281.htm (248 words)

	Unbounded Medicine
		Unbounded Medicine is a medical weblog intented to share medical information with other colleagues and make opinions about diagnostic procedures and medicine-related topics including suggested readings, links and presenting original clinical cases.
		This is a Flickr badge showing photos in a set called Medicine and Surgery.
		Common physical findings at the time of diagnosis include unilateral dullness to percussion at the lung base, palpable chest wall masses, and scoliosis towards the side of the malignancy.
	www.unboundedmedicine.com (2458 words)

	CD Baby: FRAME OF MIND: Good Medicine
		Their love of traveling, meeting new people, and seeing new places is a part of why the band has been successful, and able to endure the test of time.
		More than just a band, Frame of Mind is a concept whose very limits cannot be defined, infusing elements from a wide variety of styles and influences including funk, rock, reggae, Latin, jazz fusion, psychedelic, blues and more.
		This all makes for a live musical experience that is widely dynamic and diverse, danceable yet complex; their eclectic sound is best appreciated in their live shows, extended musical excursions that explore the very essence of live performance.
	cdbaby.com /cd/fofmind (368 words)

	What is a Community Drum Circle? - Arthur Hull - HealthWorld Online
		A community drum circle in the United States is a noisy and fun, family friendly event, where people come together in order share their spirit by entraining rhythmically as a percussion ensemble.
		The spirit and magic of rhythm expressed on drums and percussion instruments cuts through all ages, sexes, religions, races and cultures.
		People of all levels of musical expertise come together in a community drum circle and share their rhythmical spirit with whatever drums and percussion they bring to the event.
	www.healthy.net /scr/article.asp?id=2174 (625 words)

	Percussion
		For the audition, please perform exercises from an audition packet that was prepared by our percussion instructor.
		You may request a packet by calling the UT Band Office at (865) 974-5031.
		Those chosen for the line are required to attend our Percussion Camp in July (housing and meals will be provided).
	web.utk.edu /~utband/percussion.html (225 words)

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