A Treatise on the diseases of the heart and great vessels : and on the affections which may be mistaken for them, comprising the author's view of the physiology of the heart's action / by J. Hope.

  • Hope, James, 1801-1841.
Date:
1846
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Credit: A Treatise on the diseases of the heart and great vessels : and on the affections which may be mistaken for them, comprising the author's view of the physiology of the heart's action / by J. Hope. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Introduction . Page 17 PART I. Anatomy and Physiology of the Heart. CHAPTER I. Anatomy of the Heart . 29 Situation of the heart . . .30 Percussion of the heart . . 33 Causes which prevent dulness on percussion . . . 35 CHAPTER II. On the Action and Sounds of the HEART . . 35 Sect. I. Experimental Researches on the Action of the Heart . 35 Experiments performed on Rabbits and frogs, July 31, 1839 . . 36 Experiments, Aug. 21, 1830 . . 38 Couclusions on the motions of the heart 42 Conclusions on the sounds . . 43 Conclusions on the rythm . . 43 Experiments repeated, Aug. 10, 1831 44 Sect. II. Experimental, Physiological and Pathological Researches on the Sounds of the Heart . . 48 Experiments, Series i . . .53 , Series ii . . .55 , Series iii . . . 56 Conclusions from the whole of the experiments on the sounds . .71 a. Conclusions on the first sound . 71 How far it is caused by muscular extension . . . . .73 How far it is caused by bruit mus- culaire . . . . .75 How far it is caused by extension of the auricular valves . . .76 b. Conclusions on the second sound . 79 c. Conclusions on murmurs artificial- ly produced . . . . 80 Erroneous or defective Theories, of the Sounds of the Heart . . 80 CHAPTER III. Page Physiological, phenomena of the Heart's Action and Sounds founded on the foregoing re- searches . . . . .83 1. The phenomena of the heart's ac- tion in the order of their occur- rence . ..... 2. Causes, mechanism and objects of the motions ..... 3. Causes and mechanism of the sounds ..... First principle of the heart's mo- tion ... 83 84 89 91 CHAPTER IV. Pathological Phenomena of thb Heart's Action and Sounds 92 Sect. I. Modifications of the Motions and Sounds by Hypertrophy and Dilatation . ... 92 Simple hypertrophy . . .92 Simple dilatation . . . .93 Hypertrophy with dilatation . . 94 Sect. II. Murmurs produced by Val- vular Disease. . . . .95 Aortic valves; 1. Systolic murmur . 96 2. Diastolic murmur . 98 Pulmonic valves; 1 Systolic mur- mur . . . . .100 ; 2. Diastolic mur- mur ]oi Mitral valve; 1. Systolic murmur . 101 ; 2. Diastolic murmur 103 Tricuspid valve; 1. Systolic murmur 104 ; 2. Diastolic murmur 104 Mec hanism and varieties of valvu- lar murmurs . . . .105 Continuous murmur in the heart . 108 Pitch or key of valvular murmurs 109 Musical murmurs in the heart . 110 Summary of conclusions on mur- murs in the heart . . .112 Situations in which murmurs of the respective valves are most audible . . 1 . .114