Excerpt from The Diseases of the Heart and of the Aorta, Vol. 2 In this opinion, although no opportunity was afforded for con firming it by dissection, he was most probably correct. I believe however, that this remarkable symptom, of which several typical examples will be found in the annexed cases, although in the great majority of examples associated with the twofold lesion mentioned by Dr. Stokes, depends, not upon the fatty state of the heart, but upon atheromatous change, dilatation, and loss of elasticity in the ...
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Excerpt from The Diseases of the Heart and of the Aorta, Vol. 2 In this opinion, although no opportunity was afforded for con firming it by dissection, he was most probably correct. I believe however, that this remarkable symptom, of which several typical examples will be found in the annexed cases, although in the great majority of examples associated with the twofold lesion mentioned by Dr. Stokes, depends, not upon the fatty state of the heart, but upon atheromatous change, dilatation, and loss of elasticity in the aorta. In numerous examples of veritable fatty transformation of the heart, verified by post mortem examination, included in my records, this symptom was not exhibited but' in these the above mentioned changes in the aorta had not taken place; whereas, of the many cases in which rhythmical irregu larity of breathing was present, not one failed to present this condition of the aorta, combined with fatty degeneration of the heart, where the actual state of the organs was determined by dissection. In illustration of the rhythm of this form of dyspnoea, I may select the three following examples. A man, aged sixty-two years, was suddenly seized with dysp noea whilst proceeding to his work. Since then he had been subject to these attacks, which were accompanied with the most aggravated suffering. He felt as if his breathing were about to cease. Whilst he lay in bed, his breathing would gradually become quick and gasping, till it attained a rate of 63 in the minute, and then as gradually subside till it ceased entirely, continuing suspended for twenty-two seconds. During the period of apnoea there was no change in the heart's action or radial pulse, in regard to rate or otherwise (see Case 51, James K.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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