An inquiry into the symptoms and causes of the syncope anginosa, commonly called angina pectoris : illustrated by dissections / by Caleb Hillier Parry, M.D.

  • Parry, Caleb Hillier, 1755-1822.
Date:
1799
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Credit: An inquiry into the symptoms and causes of the syncope anginosa, commonly called angina pectoris : illustrated by dissections / by Caleb Hillier Parry, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    The blister was soon after applied; and when it began to produce inflammation, he expressed satisfaction, and thought the pain somewhat al- leviated. In this state he continued, in cheerful spirits, but without sleep, till four o'clock in the morn- ing, when an attack similar to that before de- scribed suddenly came on. Mr. Rundell, who happened then to be with a patient only a few doors distant, was sent for, and came immediately; but found that the patient had breathed his last. The body was opened on the 18th of March, at one in the afternoon, thirty-three hours after death, by Messrs. Atwood and Perry, surgeons. It was perfectly free from putrefaction; but the blood had transuded through the vessels and set- tled on the skin, particularly about the neck, shoulders, and back, in large purple patches. There appeared externally a large swelling across the epigastric region. The cartilages of the ribs were much ossified, so as not to admit of being divided without a saw. The integuments were thickly lined with yel- low fat. There was no appearance of disease in the muscles or pleura costalis, under that part of the thorax which the pain seemed to occupy. The