A treatise on the diseases of the chest and on mediate auscultation / by R.T.H. Laennec ; translated from the latest French edition, with notes and a sketch of the author's life, by John Forbes.

  • Laennec, R. T. H. (René Théophile Hyacinthe), 1781-1826.
Date:
1832
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    PAGE CaseXLVIII 682 Chap. XXV. Organic affections of the vessels. ... 683 Sect. 1. Diseases of the coronary vessels ib. Sect. 2, Diseases of the pulmonary vessels 684 Sect. 3. Diseases of the aorta 685 Ossification of the aorta ib. Malformation of the aorta 686 Aneurism of the aorta 687 Anatomical characters ib. Signs 689 Chap. XXVI. Treatment of diseases of the heart. 693 Chap. XXVII. nervous affections of the heart, &c. 701 Sect. 1. Neuralgia of the heart ib. Angina pectoris 702 Treatment 704 Sect. 2. Palpitation of the heart 706 Sect. 3. Spasm of the heart 707 Sect. 4. Nervous affections of the arteries 708 Neuralgia ib. Preternatural pulsation ib. Spasm, with bellows-sound 710 Treatment... 711 APPENDIX. I. Exploration of the heart in the fcetus 712 II. Use of auscultation in other diseases 716 1. Fractures 717 2. Urinary calculi. 718 3. Abscess of the liver 719 4. Diseases of the tympanum, Sfc ib. 5. Diseases of animals. 720 Plates I. f Phthisis J Pulmonary excavations 721 II. (PhthisisJ Pulmonary cicatrice 722 III. f Phthisis) Pulmonary cicatrice ib. IV. Emphysema of the lungs 723 V. (Phthisis) Tubercles, &c. ..» ib. VI. Contraction of the chest (front view) .... 724 VII. The same (back view) ib. VIII. The Stethoscope ib. *ft . vl> THE END.