CASES
OF
ORGANIC DISEASES
OF THE
HEART.
WITH DISSECTIONS AND SOME REMARKS INTENDED TO POINT OUT THE
DISTINCTIVE SYMPTOMS OF THESE DISEASES.
READ BEFORE THE COUNSELLORS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS
MEDICAL SOCIETY.
BY JOHN C. WARREN, M. D.
BOSTON:
PRINTED BY THOMAS R. WAIT AND COMPANY.
COURT-STREET.
1809.
PLATE I.
Appearance of the valves of the aorta in [Case 3d], Article 10.
- a a The two valves thickened.
- b b Bony projections, one of which extends across the cavity of the valve.
- c The orifices of the coronary arteries.
- d d Fleshlike thickening of the aorta.
PLATE II.
Is a representation of the fleshlike thickening of the aorta in [case 7th]. The valves are smaller than usual, and their form is in some degree changed. A round spot, thickened, is seen at a little distance from the seat of the principal disease.