1735. A small portion of the heart, showing fibrinous vegeta- tions attached to the mitral valve, with extensive laceration. 1847. Dr. J. C. Warren.
1736. Heart entire, and showing a peculiar form of the organ,
- as if both of the ventricles, but particularly the right, were
dilated in their circumference. 1847.
Dr. J. C. Warren.
1737. A fibrinous mass from the heart of a right whale ; dried. It is of a flattened, pyriform shape, 6 in. in length, 4| in. across the widest part, and If in. in thickness. Dr. G-. received it from an experienced whaler, who said that the animal was an old one, and in good condition, though it had been previously harpooned, and that it was taken last year, near the Azores. The growth was attached by its small extremity to the adherent edge of one of the valves ; and in another cavity of the heart was a perfectly similar formation.
Dr. J. C. White, who examined the specimen, found, externally, a very dense, organized, fibrous material, about in. in thickness ; and within this shell a very loose, spongy substance, somewhat fatty, and containing a large quantity of inorganic matter, with carb. and phosph. of lime. 1867. Dr. Alfred G. Garratt.
1738. Aneurism of the heart. A portion of the organ pre- served, and shows a circumscribed dilatation of the left ventricle- at its apex ; the parietes at this part being thfa, white-opaque, fibrous, and inelastic. Rupture had taken place into the pericardial cavity, which last contained, in the recent state, a large quantity of blood. Otherwise, the organ was healthy.
From a man, get. fifty-nine, who had had cardiac symp- toms for two or three years. During the last month he was seen by Dr. W. ; and the chief symptoms were urgent dyspnoea, a severe pain beneath the sternum, and occasion- ally an irregular pulse. He was sitting up, and talking quite cheerfully, when he fell back and died instantly. 1856. Dr. Charles E. Ware.
1739. Heart entire. Circumscribed aneurism of the left ventri- cle, extending to the apex ; with fibrine in the cavity. 1861.
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