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

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    ture of arteries, together with a more particu¬ lar account of the connection of the common carotid arteries with the surrounding parts. I shall next proceed to give the history, and more striking symptoms which characterize carotid Aneurism, with a short account of the formation of Aneurism. I shall then en¬ deavour to point out the distinguishing marks between this and other diseases, the circum¬ stances by which we are to regulate our prog¬ nosis; and lastly, the different modes of treat¬ ment that have been recommended for the cure of the disease. Of the Structure of Arteries. The arteries are membranous tubes, convey¬ ing the blood from the heart to the most re¬ mote parts of the body. Anatomists have ge¬ nerally described three coats as proper to them;