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"Ewart."
around their heart (pericardial
effusions).
Dullness to percussion (described historically as "woody" in
quality),
egophony, and bronchial
breath sounds may be appreciated at
the inferior angle of the left
scapula
when the effusion is large enough to compress the left lower lobe of the
lung,
causing consolidation or
atelectasis. It was first described by
William Ewart in 1896
William Ewart (26 December 1848,
London – 11 August 1929, London) was an
English
physician remembered for
Ewart's sign. He was born in
London to a
French mother, and was educated partly in England and partly
at the
University of Paris. He studied medicine at
St George's Hospital Medical School, qualifying LRCS in 1871
and LRCP in 1872. He gained his
M.B. in 1877 from
Cambridge University. He worked at St George's Hospital and
the
Royal Brompton Hospital, becoming a
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 1881 and
Doctor of Medicine in 1882. He retired in 1907.
--Wikipedia

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