Cranial percussion.
Percussion of the skull dates from a time when there were virtually no radiological methods for examining the skull and brain. Three apparently independent contributions appeared within the years 1893-1895. The sound elicited, tenderness, and auscultatory percussion have each been employed for diagnostic purposes, but have long been superseded.
Pearce
J M S
JM
Department of Neurology, Hull Royal Infirmary and Hull York Medical School, Hull, UK.
D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D010474:Percussion / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods; D012886:Skull