On a case of elephantiasis arabum (elephas) : successfully treated by the application of a ligature to the main artery of the limb : with remarks / by Thomas Bryant.

  • Bryant, Thomas, 1828-1914.
Date:
1866
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Credit: On a case of elephantiasis arabum (elephas) : successfully treated by the application of a ligature to the main artery of the limb : with remarks / by Thomas Bryant. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    regarded with favour. But whatever the theory may be upon which the operation has been based, and by whatever process the idea first found expression in the mind of its originator, the practice based upon it must be looked upon as a good one, for the success of the cases which I have just had the pleasure of laying before you has been clear and unequivocal; they tend to show that a new means has been given to the surgeon to cure a loathsome and hitherto incurable affection, and another triumph has been achieved for the science and art of surgery.