It was the private property of three confederate white seamen of that ship, one of whom, it seems, communicated it to Tashtego with Romish injunctions of secresy, but the following night Tashtego rambled in his sleep, and revealed so much of it in that way, that when he was wakened he could not well withhold the rest.
Crepitus. A crackling or crunching sound heard when the ends of a fractured piece of bone rub against each other. Mentioned in: Gangrene, Nasal Trauma.
Messages: 553. Likes Received: 1. What are the subtle differences between these phrases? from my understanding, crackles is replacement word for rales. i've also heard of ronchi being thrown around. and then there's coarse breath sounds. I've used crackles for fine crackling sound like u'd get particularly at lung bases.