The morbid anatomy of some of the most important parts of the human body / by Matthew Baillie.

  • Baillie, Matthew, 1761-1823.
Date:
1830
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Credit: The morbid anatomy of some of the most important parts of the human body / by Matthew Baillie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. PAGE Diseased Appearances of the Pericardium 1 Inflammation of the pericardium.—Adhesions of the pericardium to the heart.—Dropsy of the pericardium.—Scrofulous tumours in the pericardium.—The pericardium almost dry.—The peri- cardium cartilaginous and bony.—The pericardium wanting.— Symptoms, CHAPTER II. Diseased Appearances of the Heart 10 Inflammation of the heart.—White spot upon the surface of the heart.—-Polypus.—Aneurysm of the heart.—Aneurysm of the arch of the aorta.—Ossification of the coronory arteries.—Ossi- fication of the semilunar valves.—Semilunar valves thick and opaque.—Rupture of the valves.—Valves between the auricles and the ventricles ossified.—The same valves thick and opaque. —Rupture of the heart.—Blood in the pericardium, without a rupture of the heart.—Malformations of the heart.—Heart en- larged.—Hydatids adhering to the heart.—A portion of the heart bony or earthy.—Symptoms. CHAPTER III. Diseased Appearances in the Cavity of the Thorax 27 Inflammation.—Adhesions in the cavity of the thorax.—Empyema. —Hydrothorax.—Steatomatous tumours and hydatids.—The pleura almost dry.—Ossification of the pleura.—Symptoms.