Volume 1

Observations on some of the most frequent and important diseases of the heart; on aneurism of the thoracic aorta; on preternatural pulsation in the epigastric region: and on the unusual origin and distribution of some of the large arteries. Of the human body / [Allan Burns].

  • Burns, Allan, 1781-1813.
Date:
1809
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Credit: Observations on some of the most frequent and important diseases of the heart; on aneurism of the thoracic aorta; on preternatural pulsation in the epigastric region: and on the unusual origin and distribution of some of the large arteries. Of the human body / [Allan Burns]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    in dilatation of the heart; and I can safely re- commend its employment in aneurism of the arch of the aorta, As the dilatation of the heart is very often complicated with dropsical symp- toms, we must have recourse to the employ- ment of diuretics; and as the stomach and bowels never fail to be deranged, we must. pre- scribe laxatives joined with carminatives. If the patient keeps quiet, and submits to regular diet, light and digestible, and employs occa- sional remedies to obviate the dyspeptic symp- toms, it affords him comfort to know, that he may ward off the fatal issue, for a considerable length of time, and may even enjoy tolerable health, during the progress of the dilatation. OBSERVATIONS ON CHRONIC INFLAMMATION OF THE HEART. VERY frequently, dilatation of the heart ts complicated with chronic inflammation and ad- hesion of the pericardium, to the surface of the heart, by which the symptoms are much modi- fied, and the whole complexion of the disease altered. In this disease, the pulse is always fre- quent, irregular, and jarring, the reverse of what takes place in simple dilatation, where’ it is slow, full, and extremely sluggish; and alse