It is the osteopathic physician's highly developed sense of touch that allows the physician to palpate (feel) this motion and, through skilled hands, to administer osteopathic manipulative treatments.
By palpating the contours on a person's head, a phrenologist could supposedly detect the size of each of these areas in order to deduce whether a person had artistic leanings say or criminal tendencies.
诊之前应先听诊腹部。
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的医学知识 
搏动情况，和听诊颈动
有血管杂音。
照着这个模式，
到的颤动。
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医生
医生触诊之后脸色变苍白了。
部分一直上下。
