Historical Bibliography Updated: July 14, 2026
The diseases of the heart and aorta.
Dublin: Hodges & Smith, 1854.
On pp. 320-27 is to be found Stokes’s account of fatty degeneration of the heart, in which he so well described the periodic form of respiration now known as “Cheyne–Stokes breathing.” Stokes also gave the first description of paroxysmal tachycardia (p. 161).
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Geographic Context
Publication place: Dublin