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Case of an angina pectoris, with remarks. Farther account of the angina pectoris.
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Med. Obs. Inqu., 5, 233-251; 252-258. 1776 CE.
Fothergill was "the first physician to suspect on clinical grounds that the heart might be affected in this condition [angina pectoris] and he was the first to record abnormalities of the myocardium and coronary arteries of patients who died suddenly with this disease.... [Fothergill's second paper] contains the first description of calcification of the coronary arteries in a patient suffering from angina pectoris" (Christopher Booth, "Dr. John Fothergill and the agina pectoris," Medical History 1 (1957) 115-122.
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| Catalog Metadata | Reference Information |
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| Entry Number | #11600 |
| Permanent Link | https://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/13799 |
| Author Bio Link | Wikipedia ↗ |
| External URL | case-of-an-angina-pectoris-with-remarks-farther-account-of-the-angina-pectoris |