Catalogue of the Pathological Museum of the Glasgow Royal Infirmary / edited by David Foulis.

Date:
1878
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    fold of the aortic valve as to the ring of the ancurismal aperture. The polypus is hollowed out in the centre, and its cavity forms a communication with the aorta through the fold of the valve, which is perforated. This communi- cation is large enough to admit the tip of the little linger. The heart as a whole was liypertrophied, weighing after removal of the clots, 15J ounces. The spleen was also very much liypertrophied, weighing 1^ lbs. See Path. Report, No. 78, 1871. V 92. TMiis and the following pre]2araiion arejrom the same case. ~IIistory>^^^Cough and breatliTessness extending over a month, and ascribed to a cold. Angina sine dolore. Well marked signs of aortic regurgitation with possible pericar- dial effusion and hypertrophy of left ventricle. Death rather sudden. Aneurism of the sinus'of Valsalva projecting towards the right side. From this preparation the entire left ventricle, the septum, and portions of the right ventricle have been removed. The parts left are these, to the right is the right auricle at whose lower part is the tricuspid valve ; the entire lower part of the preparation is occupied by a portion of the right ventricle, which passes upwards at the left to the pulmonary artery, two of whose semilunar folds are visible. To the right of this is aorta, whose coats are ^ considerably thickened; at its lower part are seen two of ^^^^cvv— the semilunar folds. Behind that one of these which lies to the right, there are two apertures, one pretty large and irregular, one smaller and round, and these apertures lead into a cavity which can be seen at the right of the prepara- ^ n ^J-J^^^^ forming a somewhat irregular bulging. The cavity fl^/is about the size of a small hen's egg, and is situated so as / to project just at the right auriculo-ventricular opening, partly into the right auricle and partly into the right ven- tricle, the curtain of the tricuspid valve being in part inserted on its surface. The coronary arteries were found to arise from behind the two other semilunar folds, and the remaining valves of the heart were normal. The pericar- dium contained 1\ ounces of fluid, and the heart Aveighed . ^ 1 lb. 7 ounces. The remaining organs wei'e_healthy. < ^ ^J(3 For this and folloAving—Patli. Reports, Ife.^^M'^XST^ ^ ^ y 93. Aneurism of the heart. The parts shown in tlie preparation are—a portion of the aorta with one of the semilunar folds; the mitral valve partly hanging loose; a portion of the left auricle and auricular appendage ; and a part of the wall of the left ventricle. In the section of the wall of the