The American journal of the medical sciences (1827)
[Thorofare, N.J., etc.] Charles B. Slack [etc.] · leaf 381
nted the usual form, size, and direction; but, upon examining the upper portion from which the aorta and pulmonary artery emerge, an unusual relation of their vessels was observed. Instead of finding the pul- monary artery lying in front of and concealing the orifice to the aorta, the two vessels… … On examining the interior of the cavities, beginning with the right auricle, the vena cavae and coronarise were found empty as usual. The foramen ovale was patulous by an orifice oval in shape, the vertical diameter of which measured about four and a half lines, the transverse diameter about two and
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