Contributions to the pathology of the heart / by John Abercrombie.

  • Abercrombie John, 1780-1844.
Date:
1823
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Contributions to the pathology of the heart / by John Abercrombie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    face, and the whole outer surface of the heart, were covered by a thick adventitious membrane, which extended to the origin of the great vessels. The disease appears under another form in the following remarkable case, in which the cause of death is not very obvious. CASE V. A man, aged fifty-five, of a florid complexion and full habit, several years before his death con- sulted me on account of symptoms exactly resem- bling those of Angina pectoris. He was bled and purged, and restricted to a spare diet; and under this treatment the complaint disappeared entirely. He then enjoyed good health till winter 1819, when he was seized with violent pain in the region of the heart, with much anxiety and oppression of breath- ing ; there was some cough, and the pain was in- creased by respiration ; the pulse frequent, but soft. He was bled and blistered, and in the course of a day the symptoms were removed. He continued for some time weak, but gradually recovered his for- mer health, and returned to his usual employment. About three weeks after the attack, he went to bed one evening in perfect health ; about three o’clock in the morning was heard to groan heavily, and in a few minutes was dead. Dissection.—The lungs were sound. The pe-
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