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A treatise on the diseases of the heart and great vessels, comprising a new view of the physiology of the heart's action, according to which the physical signs are explained / [James Hope].

  • Hope, James, 1801-1841
Date:
1832]
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Credit: A treatise on the diseases of the heart and great vessels, comprising a new view of the physiology of the heart's action, according to which the physical signs are explained / [James Hope]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    hesion of the pericardium, which has probably the effect of cramping the action of the heart and pre- venting the free expansion of its orifices. The pulse was later than the ventricular contraction, because dilatation of the aorta impedes the trans- mission of the blood ; whence also the hypertrophy of the heart probably originated. This case presents another instance of the for- midable nature of an acute complaint, supervening on extensive organic disease of the heart. The circulation, hurried beyond a certain point, seems to lose the balance essential to the maintenance of life. The two following cases tend to show, that con- traction of the mitral valve, when extreme, is not attended with murmur of the second sound. Case XXV. Dilatation of all the cavities; hypertrophy of the right ventricle; extenuation of the lefi; great contraction of the mitral valve ; ramollissement. Mrs. —l—n, consulted me, Dec. 27, 1829. She had livid lips ; a defined purplish red on the cheeks ; complexion elsewhere sallow ; dyspncea and palpi- tation, excited even by walking across a room, and to excess, by ascending a flight of stairs; fre- quent cough, preventing sleep; constant copious