Sudden death / by Herbert French.

  • French, Herbert Stanley, 1875-1951.
Date:
1909
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Credit: Sudden death / by Herbert French. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    II. Causes in connection with the Bkain. Ordinary cerebral haeinorrliage. Pontine haemorrhage. Cerebral embolism. J Cerebral embolism from infective endo- ' carditis, followed by aneurysm on circle J of Willis and secondary haemorrhage. - Plaemorrhage into a tumour. III. Lung Conditions. Haemoptysis from small pulmonary aneurysm in phthisical cavity. Pulmonary embolism. Very large pleuritic effusion. IV. Laryngeal conditions. ; Diphtheria + spasm. Eupture of a quinsy. Foreign body. Acute suffocative oedema. ! Syphilitic abductor paralysis. V. Addison’s Disease. t The first main group w’e will take is that in = 1 which there is something the matter with the j I heart or aorta. I am not going to confine ! | myself rigidly, however, to the order in which J I have written the above list. One of the first afi’ections of the heart which will occur to youTf here is that which is often called myocarditis, but which would be more accurately designated*; myocardial degeneration. Sometimes this is aff' fibrous degeneration of the myocardium, some-1 ; times it is rather a fatty infiltration or a fatty] degeneration. Perhaps fatty hearts are more liable to cause sudden death than are fibroid; hearts. The heart change is demonstrated^ by making microscopical examinations of the muscles. I wmuld have you remember that