On some of the principal effects resulting from the detachment of fibrinous deposits from the interior of the heart, and their mixture with the circulating blood / by William Senhouse Kirkes.

  • Kirkes, William Senhouse, 1823-1864.
Date:
1852
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    ON SOME OF THE PRINCIPAL EFFECTS RESULTING FROM THE DETACHMENT OF FIBRINOUS DEPOSITS FROM THE INTERIOR OF THE HEART, AND TIIEIR MIXTURE WITH THE CIRCULATING BLOOD. BY WILLIAM SENHOUSE KIRKES, M.D., LICENTIATE OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS, REGISTRAR AND DEMONSTRATOR OF MORBID ANATOMY AT ST. BARTHOLOMEW’S HOSPITAL. COMMUNICATED BY GEORGE BURROWS, M.D., F.R.S., PHYSICIAN TO ST. BARTHOLOMEW’S HOSPITAL. Received April 12tli.—Read May 25tli, 1852. That tlie fibrinous principle of the blood may, under certain circumstances, separate from the circulating fluid during life, and be deposited within the vascular system, especially on the valves of tlie heart, is a fact so clearly established and so generally admitted, that I need only, at the outset of the communication I have the honour to pre- sent to this Society, allude to it as a settled truth, and refer, for the proofs, to the various general works on diseases of the heart and blood-vessels, and to such special essays on the subject as those of Dr. Burrows1 and Dr. Hughes.2 From these sources may also be gathered nearly all that is yet known respecting the various conditions under which the depo- sition of fibrine takes place, and the several forms which the deposits assume. Into these general details I do not purpose entering, my object being simply to consider the effects which the deposits may produce on the system at large. It may, how- ever, be premised that the forms of fibrinous concretions to Med. Gaz., vol. xvi, 1834-5. 2 Guy’s IIosp. Reports, vol. iv, 1839. a