An inaugural dissertation on angina pectoris / [Henry Bogart].

  • Bogart, Henry, -1817.
Date:
1813
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Credit: An inaugural dissertation on angina pectoris / [Henry Bogart]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    lion to the gout, than as this latter disease depends upon an overloaded condition of the vessels, which, indeed, is one of its most common causes. We have thus stated, as far as the limits of an inaugural dissertation will permit, the res¬ pective modes of cure adopted by different writers. That they should have differed so materially, was to be expected from the diffe¬ rent views entertained by medical men as to the nature of the disease. Regarding some one remarkable symptom or appearance as cha¬ racteristic of the disorder, to the exclusion of other, equally important, they have necessa¬ rily, in many instances, limited their view, and been inadvertently led into error. We have already given the particular opi¬ nions entertained by Dr. Hosack relative to the nature and treatment of angina pectoris: the successful result of his practice in the complaint appears to afford sufficient evi¬ dence of their correctness. The remedies