A case of intrathoracic aneurysm wired with Colt's apparatus / by Sir Anthony A. Bowlby and D'Arcy Power.

  • Bowlby, Anthony A. (Anthony Alfred), Sir, 1855-1929.
Date:
[1914]
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Credit: A case of intrathoracic aneurysm wired with Colt's apparatus / by Sir Anthony A. Bowlby and D'Arcy Power. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Reprinted from the ‘ Tra he Medical Society of London’ vol.. A CASE OF INTRATHORACIC ANEURYSM* WIRED WITH COLT’S APPARATUS. By Sir Anthony A. Bowlby, C.M.G., and D’Arcy Power, F.R.C.S. Eng. Mr. President and Gentlemen,—We think the following case is worthy of record partly because the operation is rare, partly because the patient derived considerable benefit from it and was enabled to live for several weeks in much greater comfort than she had experienced for a long time, partly because her life was undoubtedly prolonged. We are indebted to Dr. Seymour Gibbs for the history from 1907 to 1913, when she first came under our observation. In 1907 she was aged 46, married, and had divorced her husband. She came for advice on February 10th, 1907, complaining of pain in the chest, loss of appetite, flatulence, discomfort after meals, and constipation. The pain was referred to the lower half of the sternum, going through to the left scapula. It was worse after food, and sometimes prevented her from taking a deep breath. These symptoms were prominent throughout her illness, though they varied in intensity. Nothing of importance was elicited about her family history, except that she had been married for nine years and had miscarried once at the third month three years after marriage. She was a handsome, well developed woman who had been a distinguished athlete, winning prizes for ski-ing, rowing, and 1 mile running races. She had lived for a time in Burmah, where she had been ill for two months with malaria. She said that she had always suffered from a weak digestion, and to cure this dyspepsia she was in the habit of taking long walks—preferably up hill—and of bicycling. Her condition remained without material change during the years 1908 and 1909, during which time she took aspirin and bromides for the relief of the pain. It was not until August 10th, 1910, that any physical examination of her chest was made, and * The specimen is preserved in St. Bartholomew’s Hospital Museum, No. 1561 (e). (7643) b