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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine
PORTER, William Townsend (1862 – 1949)

PORTER, William Townsend (1862 – 1949)

1862 – 1949

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1893 CE

#786

On the results of ligation of the coronary arteries.

PORTER, William Townsend (1862 – 1949)
PORTER, William Townsend (1862 – 1949)

“Following coronary ligation Porter noted that the procedure frequently resulted in fibrillary contractions of the heart and sudden death. However, death did not always occur and this led him to conclude that Co…