. Diseases of the heart and thoracic aorta. Fig. 169.— Vlceratire endocarditis; Fvpture of the chordse. iendinex; Anenrisms on themitral valoe. {Natural size.) The Bpecimen came under my notice in the post-mortem theatre of the Eoyal Ihfirmary of Edin-burgh, during the wiuter of 1883-84. The patient was under the care of Professor Greenfield,?with whose kind permission the specimen is reproduced liere. A piece of cane hasbeen passed through an ulcer in oue of the aortic cusps; a, a, point totwo ulcers in the anterior flap of the mitral valve, wliich communicate with tlie aneurisms seenin fig.
. Diseases of the heart and thoracic aorta. Fig. 169.— Vlceratire endocarditis; Fvpture of the chordse. iendinex; Anenrisms on themitral valoe. {Natural size.) The Bpecimen came under my notice in the post-mortem theatre of the Eoyal Ihfirmary of Edin-burgh, during the wiuter of 1883-84. The patient was under the care of Professor Greenfield,?with whose kind permission the specimen is reproduced liere. A piece of cane hasbeen passed through an ulcer in oue of the aortic cusps; a, a, point totwo ulcers in the anterior flap of the mitral valve, wliich communicate with tlie aneurisms seenin fig. 170; 6, b, ruptiu-ed chordse tendiuese. The mitral and aortic valve segments are coveredwith numerous Fig. 170.—Aneurisms on the mitral valve, and rupture of the chordie tendinese. The same preparationrepresented in Jig. 169. (^Natural size, seen from behind.) a, a, aueiirisms; 6, S, ruptured chord* teiidiness; c, c, vegetations and clots attached to thechordae and papillary muscles.
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