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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    his celebrated experiments, which tended so signally to dispel the erroneous views previously entertained. Since that period, this branch of the science has been cultivated with great ardour, and it was soon found, that although the ideas of our author respecting the physiology of the heart's action were mainly correct, yet, important facts remained to be elucidated. Zealously co- operating with others, he was enabled to correct his first impressions, and the result has been the production of a work, which will endear his memory to the medical profession, and place his name high in the list of benefactors of mankind. This edition, the first presented to the American public, is from the third of the London press, and contains the author's latest views. It is to be re- gretted that some parts have a controversial character, and the American ed- itor, when he first read them, was disposed to suppress them; but further re- flection has induced him to offer the entire text as left by the distinguished author. Notes have been presented in this edition, the result of the editor's personal observation, and the occasional introduction of views of writers, who, though deeply versed in the pathology of the heart, have not arrived at precisely the same conclusions with those of the author ; amongst these, the talented Dr. C. J. B. Williams claims a prominent place. The experiments on the heart's action by American observers, and the most recent result of the British investigations, have been introduced after those of the author.-^P.]