Observations on some of the most frequent and important diseases of the heart; on aneurism of the thoracic aorta; on preternatural pulsation in the epigastric region: and on the unusual origin and distribution of some of the large arteries of the human body. Illustrated by cases
By: by Allan Burns
Contributors: Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Publisher: printed by James Muirhead for Thomas Bryce and Co.; John Murray, and J Callow, London
Published: 1809
Place of publication: Edinburgh; Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
Subjects: Heart Diseases; Angina Pectoris; Cardiology
Notes: Refr: Norman 377; Eimas 1362; G&M 2889; Osler 2188 Prov: Presented to the College by Colonel J.J. Harper-Nelson MRCP Note: Although Burns died when only thirty-two and never received a medical degree he lectured on anatomy at Glasgow and made important contributions to cardiology. He was the first to suggest that angina pectoris occurs as a result of cononary obstruction.

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