The morbid anatomy of some of the most important parts of the human body / by Matthew Baillie.

  • Baillie, Matthew, 1761-1823.
Date:
1793
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Credit: The morbid anatomy of some of the most important parts of the human body / by Matthew Baillie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    C *3 ] tion had been so strong, that it was impos- sible to distinguish it from the pulsation of an aneurism. Authors have mentioned cases of abscesses and ulcers * of the heart, but these I am persuaded are extremely rare. It happens still more rarely that the heart becomes mortified, although this diseased state of it has also been observed.-f In opening dead bodies there is very of- ten to be seen upon the surface of the heart, a white opaque spot, like a thickening of the pericardium. This is sometimes not broader than a sixpence ; at other times as broad as a crown. It is most commonly on the sur- face of the right ventricle, and is very rarely to be seen either on the surface of the left ventricle, or of the auricles, although it is occasionally on both. It consists of an adventitious membrane, formed on a portion of the pericardium • Vid. Morgagni, Epist. XXV. Artie. 17. Vid. Bonet, Tom. I, p. 849; and also Lieutaud, Tom. 2, p. 27.