Pericarditis.

Definition.—An inflammation of the pericardium or serous covering of the heart.

Varieties.—Acute, Plastic or Fibrinous, Subacute or Sero-fibrinous, which includes the Purulent and Hemorrhagic; Adhesive or Chronic Pericarditis.

The Eclectic Practice of Medicine, 1907, was written by Rolla L. Thomas, M. S., M. D.