A treatise on the diseases of arteries and veins, containing the pathology and treatment of aneurisms and wounded arteries / by Joseph Hodgson.

  • Hodgson, Joseph, 1788-1869.
Date:
1815
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Credit: A treatise on the diseases of arteries and veins, containing the pathology and treatment of aneurisms and wounded arteries / by Joseph Hodgson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the external carotids, &c. or from their ramifications, unless produced by accidental violence. It is a remarkable circumstance, that aneurisms, and those diseases of the coats of arteries which precede the formation of aneurism, are much less frequently met with in women than men. The following table exhibits the comparative frequency of aneurisms in the two sexes in different cases of this disease, in which I have had an opportunity of seeing the patients during life, or of examining the parts soon after death. It exhibits also the comparative frequency of aneurisms in the different arteries of the body *. Of the ascending aorta, the arte- ria innominata, and .the arch of the aorta — descending aorta • • • ■ ■ carotid artery —i subclavian and axillary arteries —inguinal artery • femoral and popliteal arteries Total. Males. Females. 21 16 5 8 7 1 2 2 5 5 12 12 15 14 1 63 56 7 * This table does not include aneurisms arising from wounded arteries, or aneurisms from anastomosis.