The diseases of the heart and the aorta / by William Stokes.

  • William Stokes
Date:
1854
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Credit: The diseases of the heart and the aorta / by William Stokes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A TREATISE, &c. &c. PART I. DISEASES OF THE HEART AND AORTA. CHAPTER I. INFLAMMATION OF THE HEART AND ITS MEMBRANES. Of the three forms of this disease described by authors, namely, endocarditis, myocarditis, and pericarditis, the last demands our especial attention, from its greater frequency, and from the marked character of its signs. Inflammation of the muscular portions of the heart, occurring independently of a corresponding state of either or both of its investing membranes, must be a very rare affection ; and we are still but imperfectly acquainted with the history and symptoms of endocarditis. In most of the severe cases of carditis, the three great structures of the heart are pro- bably engaged; and even though the muscular tissue may not exhibit the evidences of organic change, yet the signs of its irri- tative excitement and subsequent paralysis are plainly to be re- cognised. In truth, if we except the pain which so commonly attends serous inflammations, the remaining symptoms of peri- carditis are to be referred less to the pericardium than to the muscular fibre. It is true that the endocardium frequently participates in the disease, although, pending the violence of the attack, the evi- dences of this lesion may be obscure or wanting. It does not
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