Abstract

This paper is based on an experience with about 250 cases of angina pectoris, seen for the most part in office and consultation practice. The records of 200 were complete and accurate enough to be the basis for a statistical study which has been made by Dr. Nuzum. The histories of a few cases under the care of other members of the medical staff of the Presbyterian Hospital, Chicago, and the necropsy records of twelve cases, furnished by Dr. E. R. LeCount, have been laid under contribution and incorporated in the statistical study. No cases of so-called false, mock or pseudo-angina are included. Only such as were believed at the time to be dependent on an organic cardiac or aortic lesion have been considered. SPECIAL CLINICAL FEATURES Without discussing the familiar clinical features of angina, it may not be amiss to refer to a few facts that have seemed worthy

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