Historical Bibliography Updated: January 24, 2020
The diseases of the heart and aorta.
Publication Details
Dublin: Hodges & Smith, 1854 CE.
On pp. 320-27 is to be found Stokes’s account of fatty degeneration of the heart, in which he so well described the periodic form of respiration now known as “Cheyne–Stokes breathing.” Stokes also gave the first description of paroxysmal tachycardia (p. 161).
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| Catalog Metadata | Reference Information |
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| Entry Number | #2760 |
| Permanent Link | https://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/4678 |
| External URL | the-diseases-of-the-heart-and-aorta |
Geographic Context
Publication place: Dublin