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Title: Cases of Organic Diseases of the Heart

Author: John Collins Warren

Release Date: October 7, 2008 [EBook #26836]

Language: English

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CASES
OF
ORGANIC DISEASES
OF THE
HEART.

WITH DISSECTIONS AND SOME REMARKS INTENDED TO POINT OUT THE
DISTINCTIVE SYMPTOMS OF THESE DISEASES.

READ BEFORE THE COUNSELLORS
OF THE MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOCIETY.

BY JOHN C. WARREN, M. D.

BOSTON:
PRINTED BY THOMAS R. WAIT AND COMPANY.
COURT-STREET.
1809.

PLATE I.

Appearance of the valves of the aorta in Case 3d, Article 10.

_a a_ The two valves thickened.

_b b_ Bony projections, one of which extends across the cavity of the
valve.

_c_ The orifices of the coronary arteries.

_d d_ Fleshlike thickening of the aorta.

PLATE II.

Is a representation of the fleshlike thickening of the aorta in case
7th. The valves are smaller than usual, and their form is in some
degree changed. A round spot, thickened, is seen at a little distance
from the seat of the principal disease.

[Illustration]

[Illustration]

CASES OF
ORGANIC DISEASES OF THE HEART,
WITH DISSECTIONS.

Morbid changes in the organization of the heart are so frequent, as to
have attracted the observation of those, who have devoted any
attention to the study of morbid anatomy. Derangements of th