On increased thickness of the parietes of one of the ventricles of the heart, with diminution of its cavity / by George Budd ; communicated by Mr. Perry.

  • George Budd
Date:
1838
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Credit: On increased thickness of the parietes of one of the ventricles of the heart, with diminution of its cavity / by George Budd ; communicated by Mr. Perry. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    cences, analogous to venereal warts of fleshy con- sistence, and very adherent to the valve. The arch of the aorta, dilated to the size of a moderate apple, was incrusted with osseous laminae. There was also an aneurism of the abdominal aorta, cerebral con- gestion, and an infiltration of transparent gelatinous serum into the cellular tissue of the pia mater. CASE VI* A man aged 60. Death by apoplexy, two days after the attack. Beating of the heart very forcible. Pulse 100, small and narrow. No mention of oede- ma or dropsy. Inspection.—The heart larger by a good third than natural; round, plump, blunt at the point. The left ventricle enormously hypertrophied; its ca- vity can scarcely hold the fore-finger; the greatest thickness of its parietes 13 lines; the columnas carneae exceedingly robust. The septum, 9 hues in thick- ness, projects into the cavity of the right ventricle, whose capacity is about natural; the greatest thick- ness of its parietes 3^ lines. The mitral valves thickened, and spotted with yellow plates. The tissue of the heart of a bright red. The origin of the coronary arteries fibro-cartilaginous. The commence- ment of the aorta offers some yellow points and spots, rudiments of ossification. The arteries of the brain ossified. Two haemorrhagic collections in the brain.
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