Observations on Some of the Most Frequent and Important Diseases of the Heart
Author: Allan Burns
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Published: 1809
Total Pages: 338
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →First edition of the author's original investigation of coronary circulation. "Burns described endocarditis and report three cases of mitral stenosis. He recognized the trill present in the latter condition and seems to have understood the mechanism of a cardiac murmur. He also described unilateral paralysis of the diaphragm resulting from pressure on the phrenic nerve by a thoracic aneurysm. Burns (1781-1813) "was an original investigator and man who fearlessly rejection traditional authority" (Fishman & Richards, Circulation of the Blood , p. 222-23). Empress Catherine of Russia invited him to St. Petersburg as director and surgeon of a hospital. -- B & L Rootenberg, 1987.