LECTURE XXV.

Hernia of the lung. Wounds of the diaphragm; cases of Captain Prevost

and of others; such wounds never heal; symptoms and treatment; are

often followed by hernia; operation recommended when the hernia is

strangulated. Wounds of the heart; anatomical position of the heart;

theory of the sounds of; endocardial, exocardial sounds: symptoms when

the heart is wounded; treatment; Larrey’s operation for opening the

pericardium, in cases of hemorrhage from wounds of the heart, or of

hydrops pericardii. Skielderup’s operation; case of J. Dierking, with a

diagram; the heart insensible to the touch; death from a blow on that

organ; treatment of wounds of; laceration and ruptures of the heart.

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