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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    To the origin of a laro;e branch which arose from, this portion of the vessel. Below this part the ar- tery was again obliterated to the extent of an inch and a half by lymph effused into its cavity and adhering to its parietes, though not so firmly as in the obliterated portions already described. • This closed portion terminated in a thin sac, which would contain a small bean, filled with a fluid re- sembling pus, and similar to that found in the sac of the femoral artery. The sac was easily torn : its internal surface was ragged, and of a white colour, but seemed to be connected with the artery both at its upper and lower part : the origin of the anterior tibial artery was attached to the middle of its parietes. The coats of that vessel were so much thickened, that its canal was nearly obliterated. Be- low the sac the posterior tibial artery was filled with lymph for nearly two inches: the lymph adhered to the vessel, and terminated in a conical clot, where the peroneal artery is given-off. The internal coat of both the inferior and superior portions of the artery were observed to terminate abruptly at the commencement of the sac. The plugs of lymph found in the four obliterated portions of the artery were ob- served to terminate opposite to the origin of branches from the trunk of the artery. The peroneal artery was jn a natural state for a short space, but its coats suddenly became hard and thickened : its canal was almost closed. Beyond this point its internal surface was of a dark purple colour, and the coats of the vessel had lost their elasticity. The femoral vein adhered to the femoral artery opposite to the dilated