# Surgical Anatomy

Author: Maclise, Joseph

Genre: Medicine

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24440

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Surgical+Anatomy+Maclise&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

[Footnote 2: The effusion of fluid into the pleural sac (from whatever cause it may arise) sometimes takes place to a very remarkable extent. I have had opportunities of examining patients, in whom the heart appeared to be completely dislocated, from the left to the right side, owing to the large collection of serous fluid in the left pleural sac. The heart's pulsations could be felt distinctly under the right nipple. Paracentesis thoracis was performed at the point indicated in PLATE 26. In these cases, and another observed at the Hotel Dieu, the heart and lung, in consequence of the extensive adhesions which they contracted in their abnormal position, did not immediately resume their pr...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/surgical-anatomy-24440/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/surgical-anatomy-24440/chapters/1/index.md)