The morbid anatomy of some of the most important parts of the human body / by Matthew Baillie.

Date:
1797
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The morbid anatomy of some of the most important parts of the human body / by Matthew Baillie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    In inflammation of the pericardium, the membrane is frequently thicker than in its natural state, and is also a little more pulpy. This change depends upon additional mat- ter being thrown into the membrane by the increased action of the small vessels which are distributed upon it. It is also crowded with a very unusual number of minute vessels, which contain florid blood. Upon the inside of the pericardium there is a layer of a yellowish pulpy matter, which commonly does not adhere firmly to it, but may be easily separated. It ge- nerally extends over the whole of its inner surface, and varies a good deal in its thick- ness. In some instances it is as thin as'a wafer, and in others as thick as a half crown. In this matter which is lining the pericar- dium, there is frequently to be seen a slight red appearance, from small blood vessels which are ramifying through it; but these are most distinctly detected by filling them with the fine injection. I hey are sometimes numerous, and may be clearly