[13] The term fleshlike is employed to express that roughness of the valves, which somewhat resembles flesh in its appearance, but which is very different from the thickening of the parietes of the heart.
[14] It has been remarked by the French physicians, and particularly by M. Corvisart, physician to the emperor of France, that these organic diseases were very prevalent after the revolution, and that the origin of many cases was distinctly traced to the distressing events of that period.
[15] See Soemmerring de corporis humani fabrica, vol. 6, pag. 188 and Baillie’s morbid anatomy, pag. 248.