Observations on the history of the cure of popliteal aneurism by compression / by the editor.

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    Immediately following Dr. Hiitton's commnnieation in our Journal, is another to the same effect, by Mr. Cusack, of a man cured of a popliteal aneurism by the like means, in Steevens' Hospital, in January, 1843; in detailing which to the Surgical Society, Dr. Fleming stated that Mr. Cusack was induced to put this mode in practice from his remembrance of the favourable result of a case treated successfidly by compression by the late Mr. Todd. In our next Number, that for June, 1843, we pub- lished the first essay upon this method of treatment, afforded us by Dr. Bellingham, to which paper we refer our readers for a very admirable resume of the history of compression, and also notices of all the instruments then employed to effect that purpose. In this account. Dr. Bellingham says: Richerand in the second volume of the Dictionnaire des Sciences Medicales, has related, perhaps, the earliest case of this kind: it was that of a grocer in Paris, the subject of popliteal aneurism, who, by preserving the recumbent posture for twelve months, restricting himself to a low diet, with a bleeding once a month, and at the same time compressing the artery in the thigh by means of an instrument, constructed on the same principle as a truss, was perfectly cured. About the year 1817, the Baron Dupuytren is said to have cured a case of popliteal aneurism by pressure; but Mr. Adams, who witnessed it, informs us that it did not turn out successfully. At page 4G3 of his essay, Dr. Bellingham also states: The late Mr. Todd, some years ago, successfully applied compression by an instrument different from any of those alluded to, in one case of popliteal aneurism. Our readers are, no doubt, well aware, that the idea of curing an aneurism by compressing the artery in which it occurs, between the heart and the sac, is neither an entirely novel procedure, nor confined to the practice of continental surgeons. Speaking of the dangers attending the Hunterian operation. Sir Philip Crampton in his truly practical essay upon aneurism, published in the Medico-Chirurgical Transac- tions, in 181G, says: All practical surgeons will admit that