A treatise on the anatomy, pathology and surgical treatment of aneurism / by Antonio Scarpa ; translated from the Italian, with notes, by John Henry Wishart.

  • Scarpa, Antonio, 1752-1832.
Date:
1808
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Credit: A treatise on the anatomy, pathology and surgical treatment of aneurism / by Antonio Scarpa ; translated from the Italian, with notes, by John Henry Wishart. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    the knee, by means of the communication which the recurrent tibial articular artery has with the vascular plexus spread over the patella. § ] 8. The popliteal artery, after giving off the ar- ticular arteries of the knee, supplies on both sides con- siderable branches to the muscles of the calf of the leg, viz. the popliteus, plantaris, soleus, and gastrocnemius ; some of these branches likewise are ramified on the pe- riosteum of the tibia, on the large popliteal nerve, on the posterior surface of the articular capsule of the knee, and on the tendons of the flexor muscles of the leg; others descend superficially and immediately under the skin of the calf of the leg, and extend as far as the foot, following the direction of the tendo-achillis. After this, the popliteal artery deep under the muscles, divides into the anterior and posterior tibial arteries. Thus far of the superficial femoral: we now pro- ceed to trace the profunda femoral artery. § 19. The profunda femoral, situated behind the superficial femoral artery descends in the triangular fossa formed by the convergence of the iliacus internus and pectineus muscles, at its beginning from the in- ner towards the outer part of the thigh, then in a contrary direction from the outer towards the inner part of the limb. It then dips down considerably in the space between the vastus internus and adductor ntagnus muscles of the thigh. § 20. The profunda femoral artery, a little after its origin, sends ofF the external cutaneous branch of the thigh j this branch, after being distributed upon the iliacus internus muscle; upon the head of the rectus femoris j upon the sartorius muscle, and after various