J. B. Barlow and W. A. Peacock - Auscultation of the Heart

J. B. Barlow and W. A. Peacock - Auscultation of the Heart

released on LP

Commentator: Stephen O'Reilly

The front cover says "provided as a service to medical students as a part of the Medical School Program of Warner-Chilcott Laboratories".

An album full of heart sounds and those sounds being explained with a clinical British accent sounds good to me. Now, I have a desire to find former medical students and ask if they still have their record collections that I can dig through.

Tracklisting:

Side 1

1.  Auscultation of the Heart  {25:46}
First Sound, Second Sound, Third Sound, Fourth Sound, Systolic Clicks

Side 2

1.  Ausculation of the Heart (continued)  {27:14}
Systolic Murmurs, Diastolic Murmurs, Continuous Murmurs

Zenith Radio Corporation - Getting Through: A Guide to Better Understanding of the Hard of Hearing

Zenith Radio Corporation - Getting Through: A Guide to Better Understanding of the Hard of Hearing

LP released in 1971

Cool, Just what I needed, a record for people who have problems hearing. The record includes demonstrations on how difficult it is to hear when certain frequencies are not present, guidance for helping people with hearing problems along with "an unfair hearing test" which a form comes included with the record for people to write their answers. Perhaps the previous owner(s) of this LP didn't need a hearing test as my form is unfilled and appears to be in the same condition as it was when this record was released. Gosh, I hope my visitors do not have hearing issues as I do not want anyone to miss out on the educational and entertaining offerings this blog provides. Just in case there are hearing problems, the record provides guidance on selecting a hearing aid. Come to think of it, I'll be needing this record soon as for quite a long time I have been constantly listening to loud music at a higher-than-normal volume level especially that noise stuff from the likes of Merzbow and Wolf Eyes.

Now for some words from Aram Glorig, M.D.:

The ear is truly a marvelous instrument. It can hear sounds which are but a tiny fraction of the sound generated by a dropped pin. And yet it can also cope with sounds which are a million million times louder, and infinitely more complex.The record you are about to hear is an unusual experiment in the field of sound and hearing. It has been made possible by steady progress in a number of fields. In otology, the branch of medicine that deals with the ear. In audiology, the science of hearing. In audiometry, the measurement of hearing. And in electronics, which today permits the precise reproduction of sound.
This material has been prepared for the layman: the hard of hearing, their families and friends. We have used simple language and simple demonstrations to make our points.
We believe that anyone working with the hearing impaired will also find the material useful and informative. In the interest of simplicity of presentation, we have purposely avoided the use of technical terms.



Tracklisting:

Side 1

1. Introduction {1:41}

2. Frequency Range {3:06}

3. Filtered Speech {3:00}

4. An Unfair Hearing Test {5:00}

Side 2

1. How a Hearing Aid Can Help {2:45}

2. Difficult Listening Situations {2:42}

3. Getting Through {4:39}

4. How to Select a Hearing Aid {1:19}

Dr. Eugene G. Weinberg - A Child's Cry: A Clue to Diagnosis

Dr. Eugene G. Weinberg - A Child's Cry: A Clue to Diagnosis

released on LP in 1971

This is one of the weirdest records I've ever heard. It certainly is among the top 1% of the weirdest, most frightening and most awesome LPs in my collection. As one can figure out, this is a collection of recorded sounds of children (mainly infants) crying. The cries differ by the various illnesses and diseases that the children are afflicted with. I'm not sure this is something that would be played during parties, gatherings of friends and family, or romantic moments, but then again you never know. I'm sure this record has been helpful to other pediatricians and medical professionals. Why else would something like have been released, right?

This was put out by Phizer which is one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies or to be more specific Phizer Laboratories Division. The image below this paragraph is actually the back cover which is advertising one of its products which very likely has nothing to do with treating the children recorded.

Here's the liner notes I read that sealed the deal for me to pick up a copy of this LP:

Dr. Eugene G. Weinberg of the Department of Pediatrics, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa, has recorded characteristic sounds made by normal children and by those presenting with illnesses or defects. Here are the cries, coughs and sounds of infants and children - each cry or sound associated with either a normal state, a specific illness or a genetic defect. The physician who realizes the importance of his ability to recognize these and other pediatric sounds possesses an extra diagnostic tool of importance.

Now this is the part where I say enjoy.

Tracklisting:

Side I

1. The Cry of a Normal Newborn Baby {1:29}

2. The Cry of a Premature Infant {0:33}

3. The Normal Cries of Hunger, Pain and Contentment {0:55}

4. The Grunting Respiration of an Infant with Hyaline Membrane Disease {1:01}

5. The Sound of Stridor or Croup {0:48}

6. The Cry and Cough of Cystic Fibrosis {1:03}

7. The Soft Cry of an Infant with a Vascular Ring {0:44}

8. The Wheezing, Bronchospastic Sound of Bronchial Asthma {0:24}

9. The Grunting Sound of Severe Pneumonia {0:35}

10. The Cat-Like Cry of Cri-du-Chat or Cat-Cry Syndrome {0:34}

11. The High-Pitched, Laughing Cry of aChild with Microcephaly {0:46}

12. The High-Pitched Cry of a Child with Hydraencephaly {1:08}

13. The Weak Cry of Downs Syndrome or Mongolism {1:05}

14. The Characteristic Sound of Whooping Cough {0:36}

15. The Tremendous Cry of Kwashiorkor {0:42}

Side II

1. The Hoarse Cry of Congenital Hypothyroidism {1:14}

2. The Sound of an Infant with Snuffles {0:44}

3. The Forced, Artificial Psychogenic Cough {1:11}

4. The Persistent Spasmodic Cough of Bronchiolitis {1:36}

5. The Immature Growling Cry of the deLange Syndrome {1:19}

6. The Sea Gull-Like Cry of an Infant with Trisomy-E Syndrome {1:23}

7. The Hoarse, Whispered Voice due to Lipoid Proteinosis {1:21}

8. The Deep Sighing Respiration of Metabolic Acidosis {1:12}

9. The Mature Masculine Voice of Precocious Puberty {2:19}

Dr. Hajime Murooka - Lullaby from the Womb

Dr. Hajime Murooka - Lullaby from the Womb

The first portion of this LP are recordings of heartbeats of a pregnant mother. The latter part of side one are the recordings of the inside of a mother synched with classical music. Side two has just classical music. These sounds have been reported to calm and soothe newborn babies. Due to the not-great (or "good") condition of my copy, additional sounds of crackling vinyl come included with the sounds of the womb and the music. The liner notes explain the concept of this release better than I can:

As Newsweek recently reported: "When a new baby comes home from the hospital his parents quickly discover that the predictable bouts of howling are not always due to hunger, fatigue, colic or a wet diaper. But now, an obstetrician (Dr. Hajime Murooka) has suggested that crying babies may sometimes just be homesick for the familiar prenatal environment of their mothers' wombs."

"I had spent a long time looking for a 'natural' method to put a newborn baby to sleep," Dr. Murooka himself says. "Hospitals have sought to reproduce the conditions of a mother's womb with the incubator. It occurred to me that a recording of the mother's body beat could serve a similarly useful function." And prove this he did. By playing a recording of the steady pulsating of blood rushing through the mother's aorta as it passes by the uterus, together with the smoother, more even sound of the pulsating umbilical cord, Dr. Murooka achieved outstanding success in his tests. Of the 403 sobbing babies who listened to the tape, every single one stopped crying, with 161 dozing off to sleep in an average of 41 seconds.

Dr. Murooka's discovery came after a two-year search for some way to keep premature infants quiet during various examinations. Corroborating other medical evidence, he states that medical experiments prove beyond doubt that a baby does indeed react to loud noises before and after birth. Within the first six months of pregnancy, the auditory organ and the auditory nerve system are fully developed and babies react to such loud noises as rattling dishes. In the hospital maternity wards he would constantly observe newborn babies responding to the sound of heavy footsteps in the corridor, or a loudly slammed door, by stretching their hands spontaneously, even while in a deep sleep. As a result he became very concerned with the effects of irritating noises on the baby's development both in the hospital and in the home.

Bearing in mind that the womb had created an ideal living environment for the unborn baby for nine months, Dr. Murooka sought to duplicate the pacifying sounds the baby heard inside the mother's body.

The recording which he obtained with a tiny 8-mm. microphone was taken near the head of the fetus in a woman eight months pregnant. When the tape was played in the presence of restless, howling infants the results became part of medical history. For the first portion of side one on this recording, Dr. Murooka has compiled material from several 8-mm. microphone tapes.

Additionally, Dr. Murooka was aware of the reactions of adults who are confined to small areas such as an airplane cabin. Light classical music and familiar concert favorites soothed the most irritated, restless passengers particularly during take-off and landing.

As the last two selections on side one indicate, Dr. Murooka developed his thesis one step further by combining the mother's bosy beat with favorite melodies as a means of further calming the newborn baby.

While acknowledging that the mother's body beat is most effective with infants of one month or less, Dr. Murooka's use of light classics is effective in assisting the baby in making the transition from the womb to the outside world. As the baby becomes aware of his new surroundings he also becomes responsive to his environment and his rhythm of life as a human being becomes of great importance. Such familiar music as the Panorama from Tchaikovsky's "Sleeping Beauty" and Bach's Air on the G String heard on side two offer a listening environment compatible with a sense of well-being and security. The latter, says Dr. Murooka, is the perfect cure for homesickness and is strongly recommended for babies of all ages.

Cool! Did you get all of that?


Tracklisting:

Side 1

MOTHER SOUNDS FOR THE NEWBORN BABY

1. Sound of the Main Artery of the Mother (A) {4:14}

2. Sound of the Main Artery of the Mother (B) {4:46}

3. Sounds of the Main Artery and Veins of the Mother {4:51}

4. Sounds to Relax the Newborn Baby (combination) {4:51}

FROM MOTHER SOUNDS TO RELAXING MUSIC

5. Sounds of the Womb & Intermezzo from "Jewels of the Madonna" (Wolf-Ferrari) {3:30}

6. Sounds of the Womb & Traumerei from "Scenes from Childhood" (Schumann) {4:15}

Side 2

FAMILIAR MUSIC FOR THE BABY'S ENVIRONMENT

1. Meditation from "Thais" (Massenet) {3:51}

2. Air on the G String (Bach) {2:57}

3. Intermezzo from "Cavalleria rusticana" (Mascagni) {3:15}

4. The Swan from "Carnival of the Animals" (Saint-Saens) {2:39}

5. Andante cantabile (Tchaikovsky) {4:18}

6. Panorama from "Sleeping Beauty" (Tchaikovsky) {2:24}

Stephen Ettinger - Canine Heart Sounds

Stephen Ettinger - Canine Heart Sounds

Produced by EVSCO Pharmaceutical Co., Professional Service Dept. in Association with Stephen Ettinger, D.V.M., Staff Cardiologist, Animal Medical Center, New York City

After a hard day at work, I want to kick back, sip some Cognac and listen to dogs' heart beats and some dude explaining the dogs' heart beats in technical language. Luckily this LP came into my life to deliver what I want. Now if I could find some Cognac.

Side 1
Tracks 1-3 Normal Heart Sounds
Tracks 4-10 Acquired Murmurs


Side 2
Tracks 1-8 Variations in Heart Sounds
Tracks 9-12 Congenital Murmurs


Tracklisting:

Side 1

1. Normal Heart Sounds (1) {2:19}

2. Normal Heart Sounds (2) {0:59}

3. Normal Heart Sounds (3) {0:52}

4. Acquired Murmurs (1) {1:20}

5. Acquired Murmurs (2) {1:58}

6. Acquired Murmurs (3) {1:27}

7. Acquired Murmurs (4) {1:31}

8. Acquired Murmurs (5) {0:54}

9. Acquired Murmurs (6) {1:23}

10. Acquired Murmurs (7) {1:41}

Side 2

1. Variations in Heart Sounds (1) {1:03}

2. Variations in Heart Sounds (2) {0:39}

3. Variations in Heart Sounds (3) {1:04}

4. Variations in Heart Sounds (4) {1:18}

5. Variations in Heart Sounds (5) {1:36}

6. Variations in Heart Sounds (6) {1:23}

7. Variations in Heart Sounds (7) {1:25}

8. Variations in Heart Sounds (8) {1:30}

9. Congenital Murmurs (1) {1:55}

10. Congenital Murmurs (2) {1:08}

11. Congenital Murmurs (3) {0:58}

12. Congenital Murmurs (4) {1:25}