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W. S. TINNEY, Jr., M.D.

Arch Intern Med. 1940;66(4):807-815.

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In February 1938 there were 2 patients in the Lancaster General Hospital at the same time, both of whom showed large interatrial septal defects at necropsy. The purpose of this paper is to present the 2 cases and to review the literature since 1934, at which time Roesler made an extensive clinical study and a complete review of the literature on this subject. He collected 62 cases, including a case of his own.

REPORT OF CASES

CASE 1.

—A 76 year old white man, a locomotive engineer, was admitted to the hospital on Feb. 17, 1938, complaining of headache, poor vision and a heavy feeling over the front of the chest.

He had had a sore throat many times as a child, scarlet fever, "lung fever" (at age of 10 years) and pneumonia (in 1935). At the age of 18 years he had a "bad heart" and was in bed . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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LANCASTER, PA.

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