. Diseases of the heart and thoracic aorta. Pressure i^ 187.—Mitral Regurgitation.—^ B , xK. 58, admitted to Newcastle Infirmary25th February 1878, suffering from cardiac dropsy. There was a well-marked mitral systolic murmur, which disappeared under treatment. Theheart was considerably enlarged (hypertrophied and dilated).. Pressure 3 X^i.—Irregular and Intennittent Pulse.—O. M., set. 40, admitted to theNewcastle Infirmary suffering from cardiac dropsy. The heart was verymuch enlarged ; apex beat 4^ inches below and 3 inches outside left nipple;systolic mitral murmur. 3. Physica
. Diseases of the heart and thoracic aorta. Pressure i^ 187.—Mitral Regurgitation.—^ B , xK. 58, admitted to Newcastle Infirmary25th February 1878, suffering from cardiac dropsy. There was a well-marked mitral systolic murmur, which disappeared under treatment. Theheart was considerably enlarged (hypertrophied and dilated).. Pressure 3 X^i.—Irregular and Intennittent Pulse.—O. M., set. 40, admitted to theNewcastle Infirmary suffering from cardiac dropsy. The heart was verymuch enlarged ; apex beat 4^ inches below and 3 inches outside left nipple;systolic mitral murmur. 3. Physical signs indicative of alterations in the right 446 Diseases of the Heart. heart.—Hypertrophy, dilatation of the right ventricle, tri-cuspid incompetence, and dilatation of the right auricle, arethe secondary alterations in the right heart which may beproduced by a mitral lesion. In hypertrophy of the right ven-tricle, the area of cardiac dulness, over the lower end of thesternum and adjacent costal cartilages, is increased ; theimpulse of the right heart is strong ; the first sound of theright heart long, and the pulmonary second sound loud. Indilatation of tJie right ventricle, the area of cardiac dulnessover the lower end of the sternum and adjacent interspaces, isalso increased, but the impulse of the right heart i
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