Appendix to the treatise on the structure, diseases, and injuries of the blood-vessels : with statistical deductions being the essay to which the Jacksonian Prize for the year 1844 was awarded by the Royal College of Surgeons of England / by Edwards Crisp.

Edwards Crisp

Date:: 1851

Credit: Appendix to the treatise on the structure, diseases, and injuries of the blood-vessels : with statistical deductions being the essay to which the Jacksonian Prize for the year 1844 was awarded by the Royal College of Surgeons of England / by Edwards Crisp. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$putable ; and this remark applies, I think, in an especial man- ner to aneurism. The Table of Aneurisms, as I have before stated, may contain _ a few inaccuracies ; but these, it is presumed, would not mate- rially affect the conclusions. I might have contented myself by giving the deductions without publishing the Table, but had this plan been pursued, errors might not so easily have been detected ; and hence it would have been difficult to form a correct estimate of the value of the inferences. ? It has already been remarked, that the number of examples ‘might have been greatly multiplied if cases had been inserted from the foreign journals. I have avoided this for two reasons —first, because I think the Table’ sufficiently large for the purpose of useful deduction; and, secondly, because the dif- ferent modes of operating adopted by some continental sur- geons, as well as the influence of climate, as regards the operation for aneurism, might invalidate my conclusions. In the composition of this treatise, my sole object has been the elucidation of truth. I have had no preconceived opinions to substantiate, no theories to support, and however imperfect the style of the Essay may be considered, I trust that I shall at least have credit for impartiality. The Prize Essay was illustrated by twenty-one specimens, which, with four exceptions, were prepared by myself. From these and others in my own collection, most of the drawings were taken. I must, in conclusion, express my great obligations to the numerous friends who have so kindly and so readily assisted me in my inquiries. BeTHEeL PLace, CAMBERWELL; March \st, 1847. * I have perused all the cases myself, and am therefore answerable for any errors that may have occurred. Whenever a case has been imperfectly recorded, I have endeavoured to obtain the result from the practitioner who attended the patient.$