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Explanation of Plate

This plate, illustrative of Mr. Le Gros Clark's case of cyanosis, exhibits the right side of the heart laid open.

• The upper aperture, into which a rod is passed, communicates with the aorta.
• The lower aperture, into which a rod is passed, opens into the small ventricular chamber which gives origin to the pulmonary artery.

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Reference

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