concept
Angina Pectoris
angina pectoris
also: грудная жаба, grudnaya zhaba
Chest pain caused by reduced blood flow to the heart; here the presenting symptom of Grigorovich's underlying arterial disease, which Chekhov, writing as a physician, explains to Suvorin in clinical detail.
Reading notes
- To A. S. Suvorin, 18 March 1887. Moscow. §8 his angina pectoris
Chekhov, writing as a trained physician, gives Suvorin a frank clinical account of Grigorovich's condition: the chest pain (angina pectoris) is only a symptom, not the underlying disease.