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.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    I endeavoured to represent the diseases of arteries by a series of drawings, which were presented to the College. Engravings have been made from some of these draw- ings, which illustrate particular parts of this Treatise, or represent appearances that have not hitherto been delineated. Al- though referred to in this volume, they will be published separately, and will be accom- panied with explanations, so that each part of the work may be, as much as possible, independent of the other. My grateful acknowledgments are due to many friends, and more particularly to Dr. Farre, Mr. Abernethy, Mr. Astley Cooper, Mr. George Young, and Mr. Tra- vers, for the opportunities which they have afforded me of investigating the subjects of this Treatise. Many of the cases which I have related occurred in the practice of