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. Illustrated by cases / by Allan Burns.

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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. Illustrated by cases / by Allan Burns. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Edinburgh : printed by James Muirhead for Thomas Bryce and Co., 1809.
Edinburgh : John Murray, and J Callow, London, 1809.

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iv, 2 unnumbered pages, 322 pages ; 8o

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Refr: Norman 377; Eimas 1362; G&M 2889; Osler 2188 Prov: Presented to the College by Colonel J.J. Harper-Nelson MRCP Note: Although Burns died when only thirty-two and never received a medical degree he lectured on anatomy at Glasgow and made important contributions to cardiology. He was the first to suggest that angina pectoris occurs as a result of cononary obstruction

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