On insuffiency of the aortic valves in connection with sudden death / by John Cockle.

  • Cockle, John, 1814-1901.
Date:
1880
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Credit: On insuffiency of the aortic valves in connection with sudden death / by John Cockle. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Andral, gives him no credit for knowledge of the affection, but admits it to be of later growth * Bertin, whose collected writings upon the Diseases of the Heart were edited by Bouillaud, and published in 1824, has devoted a most valuable section to the diseases of the aorta and sigmoid valves, consequent upon inflammation. This distinguished pathologist, however, was so completely fettered by the dogma of Frank, respecting the common occurrence of arteritis, that he has actually (obs. xxvii) detailed a case of aortic insufficiency, from dilatation of the mouth of the aorta, and overlooked it, in consequence of preconceived views. It is headed : —' Thinning, with Dilatation of the Walls of the left Ventricle : Inflammation and Ossification of the Aorta, etc. Anne Berger, huxtress, astat. forty-seven, had suffered for about two years from spasms and other anomalous symptoms, which were supposed to be of a nervous character, dependent upon the critical period. She was treated by various practitioners, who all regarded her complaint as nervous, and prescribed accordingly calmatives and anti-spasmo- sembling that of a tense metallic cord, which, after being made to vibrate, is touched with the tip of the finger. This character of the pulse is, probably, that observed by Corvisart in cases of ossi- fication of the mitral valve where fremitus exists over the cardiac region. It would appear to be a simple diminution of this latter phenomenon .... [This view of Laennec appears to be similar to that of Bertin.-J. C] * Op. cit., tome iii, p. 2S3.