An inquiry into the symptoms and causes of the syncope anginosa, commonly called angina pectoris : illustrated by dissections / by Caleb Hillier Parry, M.D.

  • Parry, Caleb Hillier, 1755-1822.
Date:
1799
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Credit: An inquiry into the symptoms and causes of the syncope anginosa, commonly called angina pectoris : illustrated by dissections / by Caleb Hillier Parry, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    looking up to the ceiling, which was old and crumbling, conceiving that some plaister had fallen down. But on a further scrutiny the real cause appeared: the coronaries were become bony canals. Then I began a little to suspect. Soon afterwards Mr. Paytherus met with a case. Previously to our examination of the body, I offered him a wager that we should find the coronary arteries ossified. This, how- ever, proved not to be exactly true; but the coats of the arteries were hard, and a sort of cc cartilaginous canal was formed within the cavity of each artery, and there attached, so however as to be separable as easily as the finger from a tight glove. We then concluded that mal- organization of these vessels was the cause of the disease. At this very time, my valued friend, Mr. John Hunter, began to have the symptoms of Angina Pectoris too strongly marked upon him; and this circumstance pre- vented any publication of my ideas on the sub- ject, as it must have brought on an unpleasant conference between Mr. Hunter and me. I mentioned both to Mr. Cline and Mr. Home, my notions of the matter, at one of Mr. Hunter's Sunday night meetings; but bfi they did not seem to think much of them. When, however, Mr. Hunter died, Mr. Home