On the cure of popliteal aneurism, by pressure at the groin / by J.M. O'Ferrall.

  • O'Ferrall, J. M. (Joseph Michael), 1790-1868.
Date:
1850
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Credit: On the cure of popliteal aneurism, by pressure at the groin / by J.M. O'Ferrall. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    with his experience. He knew that secondary haemorrage was of frequent occurrence, that phlebitis had its 'victims ; and that death occasionally took place from gangrene or suppurative inflammation. No wonder, then, that the advent of a new principle of treatment, exempt from dangers such as these, should be welcomed by the cultivators of rational me- dicine ; and it is in this spirit that it has been especially adopted by the professors of the healing art in this country. APPENDIX. Extract from a letter written by Dr. O’Brien, in reply to a note requesting him to re-state the appearance of the vein in the dissection made by that gentleman. The pres- sure had been applied on both limbs, both being affected with aneurism :— “ H. M. S. Birkenhead, “ Sheerness, 8th Jan., 1847. “ For about three inches, commencing from the ramus of the pubis, was white, thick, and patulous, so that when I first saw it, I mistook it for the artery. Its coats, on closer examination, had a ligamentous appearance. That was the one on the left side, the right was similar in appearance, but less marked. I believe the left was the last cured.” “W. J. O’BRIEN.”
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