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Auscultation

the art of discovering diseases within the body by means of the sense of hearing. Being carried out most efficiently by means of an instrument called a stethoscope, it is often called mediate auscultation. It is used to study the natural sounds produced within the body, especially the action of the lungs and heart, both in health and dispercussion of the surface. ease. Its operation can be facilitated by

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