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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    contained a hard solid substance resembling lymph, or the. size and shape of a nutmeg. The; surface of this coagulum was covered with a thick, greyish coloured fluid resembling pus. The coagulum was unconnected with the containing sae, except at the upper extremity of the latter, where it ad- hered very! firmly. Immediately above this sac the tube of the artery was obliterated to the extent of half an inch. Its coats wei>e much thickened: its parietes were in contact, and adhered to each other. From the obliterated portion a large conical, clot of coagulable lymph extended up the Vessel for three inches. To .the distance of more than an inch and a half below the sac the eoats of the artery were thick- ened,,and its cavity,, was filled with a very firm coagu- lum of lymph, which adhered firmly (toj its interna I surface, and iSent a strong: conical process'half an inch in length downwards. The sac appeared to consist of several layers,, The inner, of these arose from the coats, of the artery, but no appearance of the in- ternal coat of the artery, or of circular fibr.es, could be observed. At the attachment of the sac to the inte- rior portion of the artery, the internal; coats of ihe vessel terminated in a ragged margin. The inner layer of the sac appeared to be composed of the dilated external coat of the artery, and the other layers 'appeared to be' formed by the surrounding cellular substance. Beyond the lower obliteration the popliteal artery was pervious, and empty foi the extent of about two inches: it appeared sound in every respect, except in there being a cruei:, fissure or laceration of the internal coats, opposite