AN ARTICLE CONTRIBUTED TO AN ANNIVERSARY VOLUME IN HONOR OF DOCTOR JOSEPH HERSEY PRATT
Authors: C. KORTH
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1937)

Article1 September 1937AN ARTICLE CONTRIBUTED TO AN ANNIVERSARY VOLUME IN HONOR OF DOCTOR JOSEPH HERSEY PRATTTHE PRODUCTION OF EXTRASYSTOLES BY MEANS OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM*C. KORTH, M.D.C. KORTH, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-11-3-492 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe occurrence of centrally inaugurated heterotopic impulses in the human heart was first reported by Lucke. Auricular extrasystoles were observed in a 54 year old man in association with a skull injury and severecommotio cerebri. A year after the injury the disturbance in rhythm had become even more marked, with the occurrence of fairly long series of successive extrasystoles. A second patient, aged 50, was observed, who for about seven years had suffered a compulsion polyuria resembling diabetes insipidus together with a slight fever which exhibited normal diurnal temperature variations. These findings required for their explanation the assumption of...Bibliography LUCKE H: Über zentral ausgelöste Herzrhythmusstörungen, Deutsch. Arch. f. klin. Med., 1937, clxxx, 40-47. Google Scholar KÜLBS F: Erkrankungen der Zirkulationsorgane, Handbuch d. inn. Med., 1928, i, 106. Google Scholar SCHERF D: Über humorale Übertragbarkeit der Herznervenwirkung: die Vagusstoff, Ztschr. f. d. ges. exper. Med., 1929, lxv, 198. CrossrefGoogle Scholar ENGELHART E: Verteilung auf Vorhof und Kammer bei Frosch und Säuger, Arch. f. d. ges. Physiol., 1930, ccxxv, 721-727. CrossrefGoogle Scholar SCHERF D: Lehrbuch der Elektrokardiographie, 1937, Julius Springer, Vienna, p. 15. Google Scholar ROTHBERGERSCHERF CJD: Wirkt der Vagus auf die Kontraktionsstärke der Kammern des Saugetierherzens? Ztschr. f. d. ges. exper. Med., 1930, lxxi, 274-283. CrossrefGoogle Scholar LEVY AJ: Heart, 1912, iv, 319. Google Scholar SCHOTT A: Zur Frage der heterotopen Arrhythmien durch Carotidenabklemmung, Arch. f. d. ges. Physiol., 1934, ccxxxiv, 51-77. CrossrefGoogle Scholar LENNOXGRAVESLEVINE WGGSA: An electrocardiographic study during operation, Arch. Int. Med., 1922, xxx, 57-72. CrossrefGoogle Scholar BROWLONGBEATTIE GRCNJ: Irregularities of the heart under chloroform; their dependence on the sympathetic nervous system, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1930, xcv, 715. CrossrefGoogle Scholar DIKSHIT BB: Production of cardiac irregularities by excitation of hypothalamic centers, Jr. Physiol., 1934, lxxxi, 382-394. CrossrefGoogle Scholar KORTHMARXWEINBERG CLJM: Die Wirkung des Digitoxins auf Elektrokardiogram, Naunyn-Schmiedebergs Arch., 1937, clxxxv, 346-364. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Berlin, Germany*Received for publication June 23, 1937.From the 1st Medical Clinic of the Charité, Berlin (Prof. R. Siebeck, Director). PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byDie Rhythmusstörungen des Herzens (einschließlich der intramuralen Leitungsstörungen und des Alternans)The Syndrome of Short P-R Interval Normal QRS Complex and Paroxysmal Rapid Heart ActionNeurogenic heart lesions.1 1 September 1937Volume 11, Issue 3Page: 492-498KeywordsFeversHeartSkullTemperature Issue Published: 1 September 1937 PDF downloadLoading ...