Inaugural dissertation on enlargement of the heart : submitted to the medical faculty of the university of Edinburgh in conformity with the rules for graduation by authority of the very reverend principal Baird and with the sanction of the senatus academicus / by William Robertson, Surgeon ; candidate for the degree of doctor in medicine.

  • Robertson, William, active 1839.
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1839
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Credit: Inaugural dissertation on enlargement of the heart : submitted to the medical faculty of the university of Edinburgh in conformity with the rules for graduation by authority of the very reverend principal Baird and with the sanction of the senatus academicus / by William Robertson, Surgeon ; candidate for the degree of doctor in medicine. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    colchicum. Notwithstanding the administration of the acetate of lead and opium, the purging continued, delirium was occasionally observed, the respiration became affected, and on the 18th November, at 11, a. m. she died. Sectio. 20th November.— Numerous adhe- sions, both new and old, between the left lung and the pericardium. The heart inseparably united to the pericardium, throughout its whole surface, by old and firm adhesions. Left ventricle slightly hypertrophied. Mitral valve shortened and thick- ened in both its segments; left auriculo-ventri- cular orifice contracted; when viewed from the auricle, its margins seemed thickened, and pre- sented an irregular waved line. Further exami- nation was not allowed. That, after attacks of acute rheumatism, en- largement of the heart is peculiarly liable to oc- cur, is a fact generally admitted; but pathologists differ, as to the manner in which rheumatic disease acts in producing this enlargement. It is stated by Hope, Copeland, and others, that hypertrophy is liable to take place after attacks of acute rheumatism, without any inflammatory action, either in the pericardium or internal mem- brane of the heart having intervened.* In many cases, however, as in that given above, traces of • Dictionary of Tractical Medicine, Ilcurt.