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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    left subclavian artery. In reality, pain and numb- ness seem to be only different degrees of the same affection; and as both chiefly occur from those causes which quicken the circulation, they pro* bably arise from increased impetus of the blood. But whether the pain or numbness always exists only in that part against which the undue impetus is made, or is propagated along the nerve or mus- cular fibres to some distant part, I am unable to decide. In Mr. S. the uneasiness was felt in both arms, and even to the wrists; which corres- ponds with what occurred in the case of Mr. Bellamy. L CHAP.