Volume 1

The seats and causes of diseases, investigated by anatomy : containing a great variety of dissections, and accompanied with remarks / by John Baptist Morgagni ... abridged, and eluciated with copious notes, by William Cooke.

  • Morgagni, Giambattista, 1682-1771.
Date:
1822
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    516 up, pi; assumed the decumbent poj^ition on her back, qi\ 9Ai either ji.i^e. Her pulse, was neither tense nor hard, nor was J^: ,yibrating, ^r. in.,any respect unequal, .^l^e.^iad no palpitation or violent pulsa- tiosn ip, the thorajL, nor any coug^h; ajid she .was .^jj-ee from pain in the p^gio^ o£ the lungs. Whon ^ei,,4i4 pt-^-^peak, , a»(jl re^ in a state of qyietude, she was, not. even,,annoyed Avith the oppression at the heart which has. been mention-cd; hMtf on exertion^, or if she spoke but for a short time, she .was immediately distressed with it, and /vvjts accustomed to descjribe ,the sensation by comparing it with being squeezed in the midst of numerous concourse, of people. A slight degree syncope always^ccQiwpamed the oppression^t the heart; and, even when she was quiescent her pulse was uniformly lee^e. Albertini predicted that the disease would terminate fatally, a^d this prognostic was ^yejified.; .Hi^X existence had, :b;e.en , prolonged ,tp,^ the expiration| -ofj^^. .y^ja?;^ ft:o^, tl^e .^commencement the .4iseas;e,„ wbeji^ii-^. addition to the other symptoms, she began to., (experience a sense of pricking in the affected partj,^^lthough but niomentary in its duration it frequently recurred, ^(^,;w,as accompanied with slight convulsions i^ the same place.j^ .The pulse bpcame; increasingly weak,; .and somewhat obscured•^jC^cupip.^ltpces which indicated approaching deatli,.. Al^)ertini, was permitted. , t^, open, th^ thorax,. to. ^^certain the nature of.this anomalous disease. : i J)isseciion. Every part of the chest was found in a perfectly healthy state except the pericardium, which contained nine ounces of fluid. The pleuritic