The murmurs of mitral disease / by Edward Mansfield Brockbank.

  • Brockbank, E. M. (Edward Mansfield), 1866-
Date:
1899
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Credit: The murmurs of mitral disease / by Edward Mansfield Brockbank. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. —♦— CHAPTER I. PAGE Some Previous Contributions to the Literature of the Presystolic or Crescendo Murmur of Mitral Stenosis 1 CHAPTER II. The Causation and Rhythm of the Crescendo Murmur of Mitral Stenosis. Definition—Nature of the Murmur—Causation and Rhythm—New Arguments in support of the Early Systolic Rhythm Theory—Experimental—Origin of the Force which produces the Crescendo Murmur—Duration of a Crescendo Murmur — Nature of Ventricular Contraction — Duration of Ventricular Systole in Mitral Stenosis—Application of the Early Systolic Rhythm Theory to the Explanation of the various Clinical Appearances of the Crescendo Murmur—Area of Audibility of the Crescendo Murmur —Limited Conduction of Crescendo and Systolic Murmurs of Mitral Stenosis—The Murmurs of Aortic Disease—Tactile Thrill accompanying Crescendo Murmurs—The Sphygmograph and Cardiograph in Mitral Stenosis ......... 6 CHAPTER III. Crescendo Murmurs in Valvular Dilatation. Can Crescendo Murmurs develop without Auriculo-Ventricular Stenosis?— Change of Pitch of Non-Crescendo Murmurs . . . .31