On malformations &c, of the human heart : with original cases / by Thomas B. Peacock.

  • Peacock, Thomas B. (Thomas Bevill), 1812-1882.
Date:
1858
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Credit: On malformations &c, of the human heart : with original cases / by Thomas B. Peacock. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Plate 3.—Obstruction at the Orifice of the Pulmonary Artery and open Foramen Ovale. Figs. 1 and.2. Drawings of portions of the heart in the case described at p. 83. The preparation is numbered B 3 in the Museum of the Victoria Park Hospital. The septum of the ventricles is entire, yet the hypertrophy of the right ventricle is seen to be very great. The young woman who was the subject of the disease died at the age of 20. a. The right ventricle laid open to show the great hypertrophy of its parietes. b. The pulmonic orifice. Fig. 2. The orifice of the pulmonary artery as seen fi-om above. The tmion of the three valves into one, the frena or bands which mark the former division of the segments, the thickening of the whole of the valves, and the form of the orifice, are well shown in this drawing. Fig. 3. The foramen ovale in the same case, showing that the process of closure has never been completed, the comua of the valve, a, a, stUl remaining widely apart.