biomedicalephemera: *Ringring, bababyphone!* Direct Auscultation Auscultation /aus·cul·ta·tion/ (aws″kul-ta´shun) listening for sounds within the body, chiefly to ascertain the condition of the thoracic or abdominal viscera and to detect pregnancy; it may be performed with the unaided ear (direct or immediate) or with a stethoscope (mediate). It may not be performed with a banana. Textbook of Pediatrics. Edited by Emil Feer, 1922.

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*Ringring, bababyphone!*

Direct Auscultation

Auscultation /aus·cul·ta·tion/ (aws″kul-ta´shun) listening for sounds within the body, chiefly to ascertain the condition of the thoracic or abdominal viscera and to detect pregnancy; it may be performed with the unaided ear (direct or immediate) or with a stethoscope (mediate). It may not be performed with a banana.

Textbook of Pediatrics. Edited by Emil Feer, 1922.

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    ‘It may not be preformed with a banana’
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    doctors who have...stethoscope. I imagine it would
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    It may not be performed with a banana. Awesome!
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    “Auscultation” is one...my favorite words, true fact.
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    The baby is on the phone too! :D
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    That baby don’t look happy tho.
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    Baby phone!
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    Haha. Babyphone…
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    kid’s face. All ‘WTF, dude? If I had arms I’d punch you.” edit: he does have arms, he jusr suffers from a case
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    Edited by Raffi??
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