Case V.
A. B. a negro, about thirty-five years of age, had paroxysms of dyspnœa and violent cough, attended with œdema of the extremities and ascites, violent head-ache, dizziness, brightness of the eyes, palpitations of the heart, irregular, intermittent, slow, and soft pulse. These symptoms slowly increased, during three or four years, in which time the dropsical collections were repeatedly dispersed. He gradually and quietly died in the alms-house, in January, 1809.
Dissection
On dissection, the cavities of the pleura were found to contain a considerable quantity of water. The pericardium was filled with water; the heart considerably enlarged; its parietes very thin, and its cavities, especially the right auricle and ventricle, morbidly large9.