On the proximate cause of death after the spontaneous introduction of air into the veins. With some remarks on the treatment of that accident / [John Eric Erichsen].

  • Erichsen, John Eric, 1818-1896
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[1844]
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Credit: On the proximate cause of death after the spontaneous introduction of air into the veins. With some remarks on the treatment of that accident / [John Eric Erichsen]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    fro ,Z , ^ /z^N zJL a,,//,/^ ON THE PROXIMATE CAUSE OF DEATH AFTER THE SPONTANEOUS INTRODUCTION OF AIR INTO THE VEINS. WITH SOME REMARKS ON THE TREATMENT OF THAT ACCIDENT. By JOHN E. ERICHSEN, London. (Read at the Thirteenth Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.) (From the Edin. Med. and Surg. Journal, No. 158.) The subject of the Introduction of Air into the Veins has re¬ ceived, within the last few years, a considerable share of the at¬ tention of physiologists as well as of practical surgeons ;—amongst whom I may mention Amussat, Velpeau, Bouillaud, Poiseuille, and Cormack. Much of the knowledge that we possess on this ques¬ tion is also due to the labours of the Commission appointed for its investigation by the Academy of Medicine of Paris, a report of the proceedings of which will be found in the sixth volume of the British and Foreign Medical Review. The result of the several inquiries that have thus been institut¬ ed has been, that the possibility of the spontaneous introduc¬ tion of air into the veins during surgical operations, or, in conse¬ quence of accidental wounds, has been incontestibly determined ; the phenomena that accompany the accident, and the circumstances that may occasion it ascertained; and the situations in which only it can happen, accurately pointed out. As these points, then, may be looked upon as definitely settled, I shall not again refer to them, A