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A treatise on the diseases of the heart and great vessels, comprising a new view of the physiology of the heart's action, according to which the physical signs are explained / [James Hope].

  • Hope, James, 1801-1841
Date:
1832]
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Credit: A treatise on the diseases of the heart and great vessels, comprising a new view of the physiology of the heart's action, according to which the physical signs are explained / [James Hope]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER I. ON PERICARDITIS. SECTION I. ANATOMICAL CHARACTERS OF PERICARDITIS. AcutE. lst. Preternatural redness of the Pericardium, 85. Not a positive Proof of Inflammation, 85. 2d. Coagu- lable Lymph adhering to the Pericardium, 86. Its Colour, alveolar Appearance, &c. 87. Use of Lymph, 88. Adhe- sion how a Process of Reparation, 88. Causes preventing it, 89. Description of the Process, 90. Recent—old, 90. Thick and laminated Adhesions, 91. Purulent—indu- rated, 91. Partial Adhesions, 91. Loose—close, 92. Forming Abscesses around the Heart, 92. Partial Peri- carditis, rare—terminates in recovery, 92. White spots on the Heart, 92. Granulations, 93. 3d. Fluid effused within the Pericardium, 93. Its Colour—Transparency, 93. Quantity great at first—quickly absorbed, 93. When se- creted by Lymph, it becomes turbid, purulent, sanguino- lent, 94. Cause of Sanguinolency, 94. cHuronic. Its Characters differ little from those of the advanced Stages of the acute, 95. Intimate Adhesion, caused both by Acute and Chronic, 96. THE anatomical characters of acute inflammation of the pericardium are, 1]. preternatural redness of the membrane ; 2. coagulable lymph adhering to