PART Ⅰ．CARDIOVASCULAR EXAMINATION．SYMPTOMS AND SIGNS 1
1．THE RANGE OF THE NORMAL HEART 3
2．THE PATIENT＇S HISTORY．SYMPTOMS 21
3．PHYSICAL EXAMINATION．SIGNS 3
4．INSPECTION，PALPATION，AND PERCUSSION OF THE HEART 48
5．AUSCULTATION OF THE HEART．SOUNDS AND MURMURS．PHONO-CARDIOGRAPHY 56
6．SPHYGMOMANOMETRY 92
7．CARDIOVASCULAR ROENTGENOLOGY 109
8．THE PULSATION OF HEART AND BLOOD VESSELS．CAPILLARIES 147
9．ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY 171
10．OTHER METHODS OF EXAMINATION 219
PART Ⅱ．THE INCIDENCE，CAUSES，AND TYPES OF HEART DISEASE 247
11．INCIDENCE OF HEART DISEASE AND OF ITS ETIOLOGIC TYPES 249
12．CONGENITAL CARDIOVASCULAR DEFECTS 267
GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS 267
INDIVIDUAL DEFECTS 291
13．RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE，ACUTE AND CHRONIC 324
14．ACUTE AND SUBACUTE BACTERIAL(INFECTIVE OR MALIGNANT)ENDOCARDITIS 351
15．CARDIOVASCULAR SYPHILIS 375
16．THE HEART IN DIPHTHERIA，SCARLET FEVER，TUBERCULOSIS，AND OTHER INFECTIONS 391
17．THE HEART IN THYROID DISEASE AND IN DISEASES OF OTHER GLANDS OF INTERNAL SECRETION 409
18．HYPERTENSIVE HEART DISEASE．ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION．HYPOTENSION 429
19．PULMONARY HEART DISEASE．ACUTE AND CHRONIC COR PULMONALE(PULMONARY HYPERTENSION) 458
20．CORONARY HEART DISEASE．CORONARY THROMBOSIS AND MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION．ENDOCARDIAL AND ARTERIAL ATHEROSCLEROSIS 474
21．NEUROCIRCULATORY ASTHENIA．PSYCHONEUROSES 514
22．OTHER ETIOLOGIC FACTORS AND RELATIONSHIPS 529
PART Ⅲ．STRUCTURAL CARDIOVASCULAR ABNORMALITIES 573
23．IMPORTANCE，DIAGNOSIS，AND INCIDENCE OF STRUCTURAL CARDIOVASCULAR ABNORMALITIES 575
24．MYOCARDIAL DISEASE 582
25．ENDOCARDIAL AND VALVULAR DISEASE 604
26．PERICARDIAL DISEASE 641
27．VASCULAR DISEASE 673
PART Ⅳ．DISORDERS OF CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION 735
28．THE CIRCULATION OF BLOOD．IMPORTANCE OF DISORDERS OF CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION．CLASSIFICATION OF TACHYCARDIA，BRADYCARDIA，AND ARRHYTHMIA 737
29．MYOCARDIAL INSUFFICIENCY(CONGESTIVE FAILURE)．CARDIAC ASTHMA．PULSUS ALTERNANS．DIGITALIS THERAPY．DIURETIC DRUGS．OTHER TREATMENT 749
30．DISORDERS OF VASCULAR FUNCTION，INCLUDING GENERAL VASCULAR FAILURE AND RAYNAUD＇S DISEASE 806
31．CORONARY INSUFFICIENCY，INCLUDING THE SYMPTOM ANGINA PECTORIS 816
32．DISORDERS OF CARDIAC RHYTHM．PREMATURE BEATS．PAROXYSMAL TACHYCARDIA 852
33．AURICULAR FIBRILLATION AND FLUTTER．VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION．QUINIDINE THERAPY 880
34．HEART BLOCK-SINOAURICULAR，AURICULOVENTRICULAR，INTRAVENTRICULAR(BUNDLE BRANCH)．VENTRICULAR ESCAPE．AURICULOVENTRICULAR NODAL RHYTHM．SUDDEN DEATH 916
APPENDIX 1．AN OUTLINE OF THE EVOLUTION OF OUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE HEART AND ITS DISEASES 955
APPENDIX 2．AN OUTLINE OF THE CLASSIFICATION OF CARDIOVASCULAR DIAGNOSIS 962
ADDENDUM 969
INDEX 977