The surgical anatomy of the lymphatic glands / by Cecil H. Leaf.

  • Leaf, Cecil H. (Cecil Huntington)
Date:
1898
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Credit: The surgical anatomy of the lymphatic glands / by Cecil H. Leaf. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    articular arteries make respectively with the popli- teal artery. The popliteal glands are extremely difficult to feel unless they are enlarged, and even then the only one which can be detected is that which lies over the internal popliteal nerve. This gland, probably from the constant movement of the knee joint, is very apt to suppurate as a result of superficial sores about the heel. The intercondylar glands cannot be felt: in the first place, because of their deep position, and secondly, because when pressed they become still further forced down between the condyles. The supracondylar glands lie altogether too deep to be felt by the fingers. In the figure the outline of the lower end of the femur is indicated by a dotted line, and consequently the relation which the glands bear to the condyles can be easily appreciated. The anterior tibial gland is very rarely present. It is a small gland which lies over the artery after this vessel has perforated the interosseous mem- brane ; it is sometimes double. Hewson has seen the gland situated lower down, just above the centre of the leg. Butler & Tanner, The Selwood Printing Works, Frome, and London.