Heart hardness

Insensibility of heart. Heart'-heavine , n. Dejection of spirits; mel an choly. is involved, there will be acute pain, or coughing, or drawing a deep breath. Sometimes the attack is not so severe, and but a slight pain is felt, or only a sense of heavine and oppre ion. Generally the action of the heart is increased, sometimes so much so as to constitute palpitation. Frequently there is a considerable quantity of fluid effused into the cavity of the pericardium, which is sometimes externally visible by the bulging out over that part. It is a frequent attendant of acute rheumatism, (q. v.) Its mode of treatment depends very much upon the particular circumstances of each case. Where the disease is rapid and violent, bleeding may be of great service; in other cases tonics, and in some cases stimulants, are employed. Carditis, or inflammation of the heart itself, sometimes occurs, but it is usually accompanied with inflammation of the pericardium; the symptoms in both cases are the same, and the treatment will consequently be similar in both. The like remarks also apply, in great measure, to endocarditis, or inflammation of the interior lining membrane of the heart, which is usually accompanied I y one or both of the above. In this case there is more or le of fever and anxiety, and a peculiar sound of the heart is heard upon auscultation. Atrophy, or wasting of the heart's substance, arises from a deficiency i the supply of nutritive matter. It is usually accompanied by general emaciation, and will be pretty sure to terminate in death. When the heart is examined after death, its ti ues are found to have undergone a change, and, instead of a striped, to present a homogeneous appearance. This is called fatty degeneration. The treatment is to strengthen the system by tonics, wholesome and nutritious diet, open-air exercise, sea-bathing, and the like. Hypertrophy , on "I will..then shew you the heart of my me age." - Shaks. have the heart to do well. At heart, in the true character or case; as regards the heart; really; truly. "Every woman is at heart a rake." Pope . By heart, thoroughly; in the closest and most comprehensive manner; as, to learn a le on by heart . -For my heart, if my life was at stake. "I could not for my heart deny it him." Shaks. To break the heart of . To bring to hopele grief, misery, or despair; to afflict beyond redemption. To bring almost to completion; to have finished the greater portion; as, he has broken the heart of the work. - Hard ne of heart. Callousne of feeling; want of sensibility; cruelty of disposition. - To find in the heart. To be willing or disposed; to be not wholly averse. "I could And in my heart to ask your pardon."-Sidney. To have the heart in a nutshell. To be mean-spirited, vacillating, or sordid. To heart. In the inmost rece es of the heart; as, to take to heart , that is, to be concerned or anxious about, to sorrow for, to grieve over; as, she took her husband's death so much to heart that she soon followed him. - To set the heart at rest. To be unconcerned about; to be at ease. - To set or fix the heart upon. To desire or long for earnestly; to entertain fond inclination for. "Nor set thy heart, thus over-fond, on that which is not thine." Milion. To speak to one's heart. To give spiritual comfort to; to console with kind words; to fortify with hope. NOTE.- Heart is used in many compound words which are self-explanatory; as, heart -ache, heart -broke, heart chilled, heartfelt, heart -piercing, heart -rending, heart thrilling, . Heart-ache, ( -ak ) n. Mental sorrow; anguish, or trouble of mind. the other hand, is the result of an exce of nutrition, the nutritive proce appearing to on more rapidly than the absorbent. In this way the heart is often greatly enlarged in bulk, and its operation seriously interfered with. It is usually distinguished into three kinds, -1. single, when the walls of the heart, or its divisions, are thickened, without any diminution in the capacity of the cavities; 2. eccentric, or aneurismal , when the walls are Heart'-breaker, n . A woman's curl; a love-lock;