Heart disease and the Nauheim treatment / by Joseph Kidd.

  • Kidd, Joseph.
Date:
1897
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Credit: Heart disease and the Nauheim treatment / by Joseph Kidd. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    2. The strain upon the muscular struc- ture of the heart and large vessels by violent exercises — especially rowing and racing—which quickly sends a sudden rush of blood to the distended heart, whose enfeebled muscular power is unable to con- tract vigorously and send the current of blood onwards at an even pace. 3. The injurious effect of typhoid fever on the heart and its muscular walls, noticed by Dr. Stokes of Dublin, is much more frequent after influenza, which is one of the most exhausting of all diseases in its after effects^ many cases of heart disease going on perfectly well till the onset of influenza. The patient when recovering from the attack finds himself breathless on exertion