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Excerpt from Further Observations on the Diagnosis of Fatty Heart, and on Smoking, Etc., As Causes of the Disease
That fatty heart is a disease Of great moment to have a knowledge of, few, I presume, will be inclined to question; and its being common ground, if I may so speak, to both physician and surgeon, is a good argument for bringing the subject into this place. It is now known to be a disease of frequent occurrence, and there can be no doubt that many a well-planned Operation, as well as medical disease, terminates fatally owing to its presence. Besides, too, surgeons now constantly use chloroform, and it is not necessary to do more than advert to the fact of the number of deaths which have occurred when this powerful agent happened to be used in cases Of fatty or weak heart. All the deaths in Snow's book were, I believe, of this kind; so that, if it were for this reason alone, the subject demands the closest inquiry, and without further preface, I shall now proceed with such points as seem worthy of notice.
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