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Credit: De hydrothorace : dissertatio anatomico-chirurgica. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![inde morbi acutiflimi , apoplexia, pleuritis, febres malignae, putrids j inde affedus melancholici , arthritici , hyfterici , Scc. j quibus praecavendis imo & fanandis vix valet ars falutifera. Varios autem inter morbos , quibus obnoxium eft corpus hu- manam , nullus fere tum cognitu , tum curatu difficilior eft , quam Hydro - Thorax , five pectoris hydrops. Sspefspiiis cli- nicorum aciem effugit , vim medicaminum eludit , irritisque omnibus artis conatibus , aegros miferer opprimit. Unde plures fcriptores , infelici experientia edodi , hunc morbum lethalem efte , pleno ore conclamant, 6c aegros nequidem remediis fati- gandos volunt. Nos autem aliorum ftabili fiducia praeditorum vef- tigia fecuti, hujus morbi notitiam & medelam tradere confidenter fufcipimus. Sed de hydrope tantum pedoris folliciti , fpecia- tim a neotericis Hydro-Thoraeis nomine infignito [i], hydro- pem pericardii, mediaftinique , necncn pulmonum hydatides. confulto prstermittimus, ne plura compledentes, muneri fuf- cepto jam jam graviori impares efte videamur. Thoracis ana- tomia primum exponenda in genere. I I. Thoracis generalis deferiptio. Pars trunci corporis inter collum & Diaphragma fita, thorax: dicitur , five venter medius. Pars ejus pofterior nominatur dorsum \ anterior , peclus , & laterales, fimpliciter latera. Ex illis partibus aliae funt continentes, aliae contentas, & illarum rursus alis communes, alis propris : Uls, cuticula, cutis, membrana adipofa & pinguedo : Hs, mamms, mufculi cartilagines & ossa , quibus interius membrana fimplex , denfa , extus cinda cellulosa tela,pleura vocata , ubique adnata eft. Pe- C i ) Yid. SaiiY. Nofol,—-Car. Pifon. Scc.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22415014_0004.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)