Surgical observations on the constitutional origin and treatment of local diseases; and on aneurisms : including directions for the treatment of disorders of the digestive organs / by John Abernethy.

  • Abernethy, John, 1764-1831.
Date:
1829
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Credit: Surgical observations on the constitutional origin and treatment of local diseases; and on aneurisms : including directions for the treatment of disorders of the digestive organs / by John Abernethy. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A similar operation has lately been per- formed by Mr. Frere of Birmingham, with success. The patient being healthy, the wound healed without difficulty. Mr. Tomlinson of Birmingham also per- formed a similar operation with equal suc- cess ; so that it seems proved that the external iliac artery may be tied, in the case of a femoral aneurism, with as little detriment to the limb as occurs from tying the femoral artery in a case of popliteal aneurism. 1 lately saw the woman who was the subject of the last case which I have related, and there is no distinguishable difference in the size or strength of the two extremities. CASE IV. J. Peterson, a Swedish sailor, about forty years of age, was admitted into St. Bartho- lomew's Hospital, on accountof an aneurism of the femoral artery, just below the groin. He was a thin man, but had strong muscles.