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Show ' Testlntj Pleurliy With Coin. A novel method of diagnosing pleurisy pleu-risy Is described by P. Lereboullet in the Paris Medical Journal. The examiner ex-aminer applies his ear to the patient's chest, closing his other ear, while coins are clinked at the patient's back. The sound of the coln coming through a-healthy, a-healthy, normally aerated lung seems distant and dull, while through an afi fected lung, through solid or homo-i geneous tissue a clear, silvery metali lie ring Is beard. |