Engravings intended to illustrate some of the diseases of arteries, accompanied with explanations.

  • Joseph Hodgson
Date:
1815
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Engravings intended to illustrate some of the diseases of arteries, accompanied with explanations. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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

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    Th IS Plate is intended to represent some of the morbid appearances which are observed upon the internal surface of arteries, and in the valves of the aorta. Fig. 1. represents the appearance produced by a deposition of atheromatous or curdy matter between the internal and middle coats of a portion of an aorta. The diseased part is of an opaque yellow colour, and is generally somewhat ele- vated. In some instances these elevations occupy a consider- able extent of the vessel: in others they are more circum- scribed, and have a pustular form. When the internal coat is punctured, thick matter may be pressed from underneath it. Ulceration sometimes takes place on the surface of these elevations. In the specimen represented in this figure two considerable ulcers existed in the vicinity of each other. Calcareous matter is frequently deposited in the part of the vessel exhibiting this morbid appearance, which is often met with in the arteries of aneurisrnal subjects. Fig. 2. represents a transverse section of the commencement of an aorta, the valves of which were united together by a deposition of calcareous matter. The deposition generally com- B
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