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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

SPENS, Thomas (1764 – 1842)

1764 – 1842

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1793

#2735

History of a case in which there took place a remarkable slowness of the pulse.

SPENS, Thomas (1764 – 1842)

Morgagni described a case of “epilepsy with slow pulse” (see No. 2734), but Adams has been given the credit for reporting the first clear case of heart block (No. 2745). There is no doubt that Spens reported such a ca…