Reproduction
Object numberRCSPC/02480
Scientific nameHomo sapiens
CollectionPathology
CategoryWet preparations
Object nameAortic valve, endocarditis, bacterial, Mounted wet tissue
Wellcome numberHC 14.3
DescriptionPart of the base of an adult heart showing infective endocarditis.
SPECIMEN The aortic cusps are somewhat thickened, and one of them partly detached by ulceration, causing incompetence of the valve. The cusp is covered with a firm mass of vegetations containing small areas of calcification.
From a man aged 56.
presented
Physical Location
LocationNot on public display: contact museum for access conditions
Bibliography
SourceFlaxman 1939
NotesFlaxman's paper summarises Peacock's career, the cases Peacock presented through the Pathological Society of London from 1847 to 1882 and his work on 'Malformations of the Human Heart', first published in 1858.
SourcePeacock 1876
NotesMS. catalogue of Peacock's preparations of malformed hearts.
