Excerpt from Paracentesis of the Pericardium: A Consideration of the Surgical Treatment of Pericardial Effusions
Several years ago, while resident physician and sur geon in one of the hospitals of Philadelphia, I endeavored to occupy my spare hours profitably in the library of the institution. Among the subjects that attracted my atten tion was that of tapping the pericardium. Although I found recorded a number of isolated instances of the operation, there were few general deductions made, and there existed no complete collection of cases from which statistical information could be obtained. I accordingly published a short journal article on the subject. Since that period my interest in the operation has not abated, and I have read with avidity whatever has come to my notice on the subject; moreover, the opportunities fur nished in the dead-rooms of the Pennsylvania Hospital and of the Philadelphia School of Anatomy have enabled me to study the anatomical relations of the parts con cerned. There is, so far as known to me, no volume published, and very little contained in the text-books, on this subject; hence I have ventured to offer to the pro fession this monograph on Paracentesis of the Peri cardium, hoping that, as it has no rival, its deficiencies.
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