Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-07-07


absorption aud liberation, until they are
burst by The pressure OF blood, and the
patient is destroyed. II the ancurism be
within the thorax. or the abdomen, death
will be sudden. and it may be mysterious.
because this condition OF m artery may
exist within the body, without inducing
symptoms which would DO likely 10 alarm
the patient or his friends.
! 3. DISEASES or THE HEART. The heart
is subject 10 variety of morbid condi.
tons. organic. and sympathetic. All
these are OF serious import, aud may
destroy life suddenly; but the affections
of this organ which are most liable 10
terminate thus. are Fatty Degeneration.
DilatatiOn, and Paralysis.
Fatty Degeneration Of DE HeaH consists
in the gradual absorption and removal OF
/ the muscular substance OF that organ. or
portions OF it. and the deposition OF oil
drops, or granulos OF fat, in its place. In
this way, the walls OF the heart become
\ s0nencd and weakened 10 the extent that
/ they yield to tho pressure of blood, the
organ increasing in SIZE as its walls de
crease in thickness. until il becomes
entirely unable 10 perform its functions;
or, rs IS sometimes the case, until rent
occurs in some portion OF lis walls, and
the patient dies without Il struggle or q
groan.
Persons past logty years Of age, and
those who arc inclined to corpulc&cc, arc
/ the most common victims ol this alice
ton; but mono aIc exempt from the
. liability. lis subjects generally die sud-
denly. and often without warning because
/ that, many times the fatal event is not
preceded Is symptoms of an alarming
character. \ little shorlncss Of breath
a slight fcebieness Of the pulse; perhaps
a tendency 10 faint, al times and cool
oxtrcmilirs, are. olcntimcs, the only
evidences that lcai the patient or his
friends lo suspect that his health is not
perfect.
DiiaialiJA oj Hs Hcarl is an enlarge.
mcnt of ono or more OF tho cavities OF
lhat organ. without Il corresponding
increase in Tie thickness aud strength ul
its walls; on The contrary, its walls Mc
thinner and weaker, in proportion TO the
enlargement. This affection may be
caused by diseased condition ol one or
more OF the valves OF the heart; ii may
be connected with, or follow hyPertrOMy
or general enlargement oil the heart; OF
il may be. and commonly is, the result OF
previous degeneration and sOltcning.-
The symptoms arc nearly the same rs IN
fatty degeneration, and death Is apt to
occur suddenly.
Paralysis oJ tic HtaJ3, rs 4 primary
affection, is not common event; bat is
usually the sequel OF pre- existing disease.
In majority OF cases. il follows Angina
Pcctoris. OF breast pdng. disease char
acterized by intense burning tearing pain,
which seems to originate near The heart,
and which radiates into both side; OF the
chest and back, and frequently, tho left
shoulder and arm. Ia most cases the
action OF the hcI 1t aaI The respiration are
more or less dis turbed. Persons with
this affection are liable TO die suddenly.
1. LESSONS OF THE LUNGS wLich end
fatally, do not often do 50 suddenly; yet
when both these organs arc seriously in.
famed. or congoslcd death may take
place very soon. Puim0narq Taderca-
iosis or Consumption. and Hemorriage
from the lungs may, also, destroy lie
quite Unexpectedly.
GoE>It or THE CLOTHS. The term
n Jena signifies swelling Of a dropsica
nature, situated in the cellular tissue and
the gl1Iis is tho aperture or opening
which leads into the wind pipe. When,
therefore, this aperture becomes closed by
m q lcmqi9Hs. or dropscal state OF the
contiguous parts, air is excluded from the
lungs. respiration is suspended, and the
patient dies. This affection may be de.
yeopcd suddenly land prove quickly fatal.
The above mentioned affections, rs we
havc remarked, are the most common
causes OF sudden death in the human
subject, and we doubt not that careful
and thorough investigation will show that
in the brute creation like effects are pro-
duced by like causes. Indeed, we have
known of the sudlen death of several
horses, and of n few other animals, the
most Dl0rtem examination of which DEM
onstratcd the fast that they died of one
or another of these diseases. We believe
apoplexy, aneurism. and fatty degenera-
ton of the heart, to be the most common
of tho several causes mentioned.
j. II. SrEADMAN. NJ. d.
West Br attcbOro', VI, April, 1874.
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