A probationary surgical essay on carotid aneurism : submitted ... to the examination of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, ... / By Thomas Inglis ... September, 1817.

  • Inglis, Thomas, 1796-1874.
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1817
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    lular sheath which surrounds the ruptured artery”* The most frequent cause of this rupture is said by Scarpa to be “ the slow morbid, ulcerated, steatomatous, fungous, squamous degeneration of the internal coats of the artery.” f Scarpa’s views with regard to the formation of Aneurism have not been universally adopt¬ ed, though they are generally admitted to be correct in the majority of cases. The latest observations on the subject are by Mr Hodg¬ son, in his treatise on the Diseases of Arteries and Veins. His deductions are a modification of the various doctrines that have been at dif¬ ferent times maintained; he briefly states them as follows. “ 1st. Numerous Aneurisms are * formed by the destruction of the internal and middle coats of an artery, and the expansion * Scarpa on Aneurism, translated by Wishart, p. 113. t Scarpa on Aneurism, translated by Wishart, p. 83. 1