A probationary essay on aneurism : submitted, ... to the examination of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, ... / by Alexander Macaulay.

  • Macaulay, Alexander, 1783-1868.
Date:
1820
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Credit: A probationary essay on aneurism : submitted, ... to the examination of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, ... / by Alexander Macaulay. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    head; the pulse was moderate: at night, it again rose to 120, with the skin still hot and dry. On the third day he had headach, but not severe or constant: in the evening smart febrile symptoms occurred ; much thirst, heat and dryness of skin, great restlessness. I gave him some of the aqua acetitis ammonias in water; and, about one in the morning, the severity of the symptoms abated, the pulse be-* came quite moderate, and a gentle perspiration came out over the whole body. Next morn¬ ing he had great drowsiness, but no delirium* pulse then 84, and feeble ; surface disposed to be cold. On the fifth day, he was very lan¬ guid and drowsy, and the right side of the body was more feeble than the left: in the evening he had slight delirium. Sixth day, the numbness and feebleness of the right arm was less, but that of the inferior extremity the same. Seventh day, the whole of the right side was better: much discharge of good pus from the wound. Tenth day, complained of pain about the temporal muscle when eating: the ligatures quite firm: some pain apparent¬ ly in the course of the subclavian artery; Thirteenth day, still much pain round the zygoma; ligatures firm, and keeping up a con-