A case of hemiplegia, associated with great hypertrophy of the heart, and terminating by rupture of the aorta, producing dissecting aneurism / [Sir James Risdon Bennett].

  • James Risdon Bennett
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[1849]
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Credit: A case of hemiplegia, associated with great hypertrophy of the heart, and terminating by rupture of the aorta, producing dissecting aneurism / [Sir James Risdon Bennett]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A CASE OF HEMIPLEGIA, ASSOCIATED WITH GREAT HYPERTROPHY OF THE HEART, AND TERMINATING BY RUPTURE OF THE AORTA, PRODUCING DISSECTING ANEURISM. By JAMES RISDON BENNETT, M.D., FELLOW OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS, AND ASSISTANT-PHYSICIAN to st. Thomas’s hospital. Communicated by FREDERICK LE GROS CLARK, Esq. Received May 24t,h.—Read June 26th, 1849. John Spinks, a shoemaker, set. 52, was admitted into St. Thomas's Hospital, under the care of Dr. Bennett, on the 27th of February, 1849. He is a thick-set, somewhat mus¬ cular, well-nourished man, of rather above the middle stature. He states that he has always been temperate, and that, notwithstanding his sedentary employment, he has not suffered from constipation, or any particular dyspeptic sym¬ ptoms, but has always enjoyed very good health till within the last few months. For five or six months past, however, he has experienced more or less palpitation of his heart, but this appears to have been the only symptom of cardiac dis¬ ease that has been noticed. For three months past, he has had more or less of head¬ ache, dimness of vision, and vertigo. Fourteen days ago, he awoke in the night with loss of speech and power of voluntary motions of the right side. He had, however, manifested some hesitancy of speech before retiring to bed. His intelligence was not affected, and the sensation of the right side but slightly impaired. He has now, February 28th, considerable difficulty in speaking, and his articulation is very indistinct. There is no manifest impairment of his intellect, and, although he has not entirely recovered either the sensation or power of motion of the right side, he walks without much dragging
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