A letter respectfully addressed to the Commissioners for Transports, Sick and Wounded Seamen, etc., on the subject of the operation for popliteal aneurism. Illustrated by cases, and the description of a new instrument / by Alex. Copland Hutchison.

Date:
1811
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Credit: A letter respectfully addressed to the Commissioners for Transports, Sick and Wounded Seamen, etc., on the subject of the operation for popliteal aneurism. Illustrated by cases, and the description of a new instrument / by Alex. Copland Hutchison. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    limb (bon the 9th November, 1810, from his Majefty’s hof- pital fhip Gorgon. The difeafe, as near as could be calculated, was then only of three months ftanding, and for the pro- duction of which the patient could affign no often- lit le caufe. When firft the tumor was difcovered, it had reached the ftze of a fmall walnut *, and con- tinued gradually to increafe until the day of the ope- rat'on, at which period it exceeded half the ftze of a large lemon, longitudinally and equally divided. Its pulfations were ftrong, but unaccompanied with pain, except when he walked—the integuments were healthy, and the leg and foot, as in the former cafe, were ftightly cedematous—his general health was good—he was a fhort mufcular man, of a ple- thoric habit of body ; of a mild, patient difpofttion never defponding. During his refidcnce in the Gorgon, the furgeor of that fhip requefted the opinions of the phyficiac and furgeons of the fleet, with refpeCl to the pro priety of performing the operation on board, in the b then incipient ftate of the difeafe; but thefe gen- tlemen advifed the operation to be poftponed, til the collateral branches fhould become fufficientlj dilated, to enfure a due fupply of blood to tht Fi my | witb lame kept and T man inci mui arte pier emt • The circumfrance of the tumor remaining undifeovered til it had reached this fire, will not appear unaccountable to thof who are acquainted with the character and occnpaticr.s of a Bri tilh fcaman. * foot the