A practical treatise on the arterial system : intended to illustrate the importance of studying the anastomoses, in reference to the rationale of the new operation for aneurism ; and the surgical treatment of hoemorrhage / by Thomas Turner.

  • Turner, Thomas, 1793-1873.
Date:
MDCCCXXV. [1825]
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Credit: A practical treatise on the arterial system : intended to illustrate the importance of studying the anastomoses, in reference to the rationale of the new operation for aneurism ; and the surgical treatment of hoemorrhage / by Thomas Turner. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    30th of June, lie was dismissed from the hospital as cured. On the 20th of July, 1S25, this man was again admitted into the hospital, with a return of his disease, and became Mr. Jeffrey’s patient.— He stated that the tumour had entirely disap- peared soon after he was discharged from the hospital, in 1821. About five or six weeks be- fore his re-admission, he first observed that the swelling had returned in the upper part of the ham, and was at that time nearly the size of a hen’s egg. The tumour now occupied the lower third of the thigh, filling up the whole of the pop- liteal space, and projecting considerably on each side of the limb between the hamstrings, and the exterior muscles situated on the fore part of the thigh. It appeared to consist of three lobes, and was altogether as big as an ostrich’s egg. The pulsation in the tumour was feeble, but distinct, and the skin covering it was of its natural colour, lie did not complain of much pain—the limb was kept in the half bent position—and there was no swelling or oedema of the leg. The patient said that he was otherwise in perfect health, but he had a pale sallow complexion, far from confirma- tory of his assertion.