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

  • Baillie, Matthew, 1761-1823.
Date:
1812
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

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

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    [ «8 ] consumption. Nothing occurred which led to any suspicion of a disease in the pericar- dium. It seems to me reasonable to sup- pose, that when scrofulous tumours grow in the pericardium, there will hardly be any inconvenience felt while they are small; but when they enlarge very much in size, they will necessarily prevent the full dila- tation of the heart, and disturb its functions. This, however, will probably be very diffi- cult to be distinguished from the disturb- ance produced by other causes, which must in the same manner impede the free action of the heart; as, for instance, the accumu- lation of water in the pericardium. The symptoms produced by a defect of the lubricating fluid in the pericardium are at present unknown.