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A treatise on the diseases of the heart and great vessels : and on the affections which may be mistaken for them, comprising an author's view of the physiology of the heart's action ... / by J. Hope.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - American Imprints 1842 Hope
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hope, James, 1801-1841.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Heart--Diseases.
- Heart.
- Physical Description:
- 572 p., [9] leaves of plates (1 fold.) ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- 1st American from the 3rd London ed. / with notes and a detail of recent experiments, by C.W. Pennock.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Haswell & Johnson, 1842.
- Contents:
- Part I. Anatomy and physiology of the heart. Anatomy of the heart
- On the action and sounds of the heart
- Physiological phenomena of the heart's action and sounds founded on the foregoing researches
- Pathological phenomena of the heart's action and sounds
- Auscultation applied to pregnancy
- Part II. Inflammatory affections of the heart and great vessels. On pericarditis
- Carditis, or inflammation of the muscular substance
- Endocarditis, or inflammation of the internal membrane of the heart
- Acute and chronic arteritis, and organic diseases of the coats of arteries
- Part III. Organic affections on the heart and great vessels. Hypertrophy of the heart
- Dilation of the heart
- Partial dilation or real aneurism of the heart
- Softening of the heart
- Induration of the heart
- Adipose and great degenrations of the heart
- Osseous, cartilaginous, and other accidental productions connected with the muscular substance of the heart and with the pericardium
- Atrophy of the heart
- Diseases of the valves and orifices of the heart
- Aneurism of the aorta
- Malformations of the heart
- Part IV. Nervous affections of the heart. Neuralgia of the heart, or agnina pectoris
- Palpitation, particularly nervous
- Syncope
- Part V. Miscellaneous affections. Polypus of the heart
- Displacements of the heart
- Hydropericardium
- Pneumopericardium
- Part VI.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- OCLC:
- 6872044
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