CONTENTS
J. Mitchell Bruce
LECTURE I.
PAGE
Introduction
1
Natural State of Heart and Arteries after 40
3
Causes of cardio-vascular disorder and disease
6
Physical Stress
6
Nervous Influences
8
Cardiac Poisons
9
Disturbances of Metabolism
9
Gout
9
Syphilis
10
Acute specific fevers
11
Chronic affections
11
Complex causes
11
Old-standing Rheumatic Lesions
13
Family heart
14
LECTURE II.
Clinical Characters and Course
14
Clinical Characters and Course of Tobacco Heart
15
Clinical Characters and Course of the Heart in Alcoholism
18
Clinical Characters and Course of the Heart in Gout
20
Clinical Characters and Course of the Heart in Obesity and Glycosuria
22
Clinical Characters and Course of Cardiac Strain
23
Clinical Characters and Course of Cardiac Strain before 40
25
Clinical Characters and Course of Syphilis of the Heart
28
Clinical Characters and Course of cardio-vascular disease from Nervous Strain
29
LECTURE III.
Diagnosis, Prognosis and Treatment
30
Differential Diagnosis
31
Value diagnostically of different physical signs
33
Value diagnostically of different symptoms
35
Prognosis
36
Treatment
37
Conclusion
50
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