Now a stethoscope is placed over the patient's heart, the opposite end of which is connected to the disk in such a way as to bear upon the surface of the soap bubble.
When the heart beats the noise which is set up thereby is received by the stethoscope and conveyed to the soap bubble.
A flexible stethoscope in general use both in England and America transmits the sound from a funnel through tubes to the ears of the observer.
According to Laennec the essential of a good stethoscope was its capability of intensifying the tone vibrations.
I'll see if I can borrow a stethoscope from the hotel," Dr.
The doctor bowed, smiled, whipped off his hat, and produced his stethoscope from its interior with the air of a conjurer upon the stage.
He did not examine me with the stethoscope or the laryngoscope.
I saw by their looks, he said, that they all thought I used the, stethoscope wrong end up, and was nothing but a 'prentice hand to the old doctor.
He took the stethoscope and shifted it across to the right side; there was a displacement of the organ.
He went with him accordingly, and when they stood by the bedside, he offered his stethoscopeto the old doctor.
But for that I might have applied myself more diligently to my legal studies, and carried a green bag in place of a stethoscope and a thermometer up to the present day.
The stethoscope was almost a novelty in those days.
He clapped a stethoscope to his chest and back, looked at his legs, asked a few questions, and smiled pleasantly.
And then the stethoscopewas laid upon his heaving chest.
He can scarcely live till the next morning," says he; "but if you are interested in phthisis, take your stethoscope and have a quarter of an hour overhauling his posterior thorax.
Doctor Morgan swung the stethoscope with which he had been listening to Hugh's heart, and proceeded without waiting for Hugh to speak.
The Doctor knew what was the matter before he put the stethoscopeon him.
That night when the Doctor came in to see Fanning, he threw his stethoscope on the bed and said wearily, "It's a wonder that instrument doesn't take root in my ears and grow there.
Beardsley packed his stethoscope and sphygmomanometer back in his bag and wrote a prescription, which he handed to Gram.
Beardsley applied a stethoscopeto his chest, then to his back.
He hid thestethoscope under his pillow before he answered.
He gently took the stethoscopefrom the doctor's hands, carefully folded it and put it away in a small wooden box he found on the desk.
He wrapped a towel around his middle, put the plastic prongs of the stethoscope in his ears, and sat down on the little chair facing the wall.
It had not been searched, the stethoscope was still in its hiding place, his clothes were just as he had left them.
The hearing end of the stethoscope picked up only footsteps.
He remained in his chair, his stethoscope still against the plaster.
The lock on his traveling bag had been picked, and the stethoscope was missing.
I saw by their looks, he said, that they all thought I used the stethoscope wrong end up, and was nothing but a 'prentice hand to the old doctor.
Eric asked, as the stethoscope was detached and pocketed.
The doctor grunted and fitted the ends of a stethoscope into his ears.
In order to obtain the pulse rate, we attach a Bowles stethoscope over the apex beat of the heart and hold it in place with a light canvas harness.
There should be opportunity for a comfortable adjustment of the stethoscope and pneumograph, etc.
The stethoscope is attached as nearly as possible over the apex beat of the heart by means of a light harness of canvas.
In the use of the Bowles stethoscope, it has been found that the heart-beats can easily be counted if there is but one layer of clothing between the stethoscope and the skin.
The connections for the pneumograph and stethoscope are made with the instruments outside on the table at the left of the bed calorimeter.
I shouldn't call him very well," answered the physician rather grimly, placing his stethoscope upon Madison's breast.
Dangling from his little chest was the stethoscope Rick had ripped away to get the tape.
Suddenly the straight line--a reading of zero--that had begun when the stethoscope quit functioning began to break up into a regular pattern.
He held on to the channel with one hand and found the stethoscope with the other.
He put his stethoscope away and looked earnestly at me.
Without a word he got out his stethoscope and began to listen to me.
At last he rose and laid the stethoscope carefully on the table, letting his fingers linger over the task.
He scanned her face with his practised eyes, felt her pulse, and produced a stethoscope from the table.
When he finished, he slowly folded his stethoscope and pulled the sheet back into place.
He touched the patient's wrist, then put a stethoscope to his chest.
He went through the locker room and got his stethoscope on the way to Ward Five.
The skillful physician by comparing the loudness of the murmur when the stethoscope is pressed at different points on the chest and back can determine whether the leaky valves are on the right side or the left side.
This will cause a sort of hissing or murmur which can be heard with the stethoscope in connection with the first sound.
Sir James's stethoscope was still in his hand; his latest medical fee lay on the table.
Not quite yet, though--not quite yet," he pulled out his stethoscope and made an examination with an immense show of professional interest.
It pointed to a scheme by which Lizarann was to be taken in at the Rectory, and carefully nurtured--treated, in fact, for a disease which had existence only on the authority of that lying little stethoscope of Dr.
Ferris's stethoscope had not given an absolutely clean bill to the child's left lung.
He stands in front of Cottontail with his stethoscope poised in the air.
Cony allows the hand holding the stethoscope to drop to his side and remarks provocatively), I'll bet you Maranville doesn't hit .
I stuffed my stethoscope into my jacket pocket and tried to pat her hand.
Sommers stopped the rotation of the stethoscope and squared about.
He stood impatiently, twirling a stethoscope in his hand.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "stethoscope" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
