Robert Spittal

1804 – 1852

• A treatise on auscultation
• A treatise on auscultation, illustrated by cases and dissections
• Case of aneurism of the abdominal aorta
• Case of aneurism of the arch of the aorta, pressing upon the left bronchus, and annihilating the ordinary physical indications of pneumonia
• Case of aneurism of the arch of the aorta, pressing upon the left bronchus, and annihilating the ordinary physical indications of pneumonia
• Case of suicide in which death resulted from a wound in the neck by an earthenware jug: with remarks
• Experiments and observations on the sounds of the heart
• Observations on the mechanism and diagnostic value of the friction vibrations perceived by the ear, and by the touch in peritonitis
• A treatise on auscultation, illustrated by cases and dissections
• Observations on the mechanism and diagnostic value of the fiction vibrations perceived by the ear, and by the touch in peritonitis
• Observations tending to elucidate the question, Is it possible to discover by anscultation which side of the heart is the diseased one, when hypertrophy or dilation, or both, exist on one side of the organ alone?