The treatment of aneurism of the arteria innominata by ligature of the right common carotid artery.

  • Wright, William
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[1856]
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Credit: The treatment of aneurism of the arteria innominata by ligature of the right common carotid artery. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    OF ANEURISM OF THE ARTERIA INNOMINATE BY LIGATURE OF THE RIGHT COMMON CAROTID ARTERY*. The treatment of aneurism by the Brasdorean operation is peculiar to modern surgery. Sixty years ago it was unknown. Its earliest re- cord is in the Recueil periodique de la Societe de Medecin de Paris for 1799. It is there stated that after a lengthened consultation upon an aged citizen afflicted with an inguinal aneurism of great size, two-thirds of the members, among whom were Allan, Brasdor, Boyer, and Cor- visart, advised tieing of the femoral artery. The ligature was applied, but no benefit was obtained, and the tumor enlarged. In this case the operator Was Deschamps and in proclaiming the fact, he informs us, that althougl h was the first tQ .t p ^ ^ not his own, but emanated with the gentleman by whose name the ope- ration now conventionally distinguished. He says: <-I am the first who has been bold enough to undertake this operation but not tne fi SincTh6 f \,0ng time ag° kte Bra8d0r fet Prosed it orally » uZ heensuhH 6611 T^6 ^ °flly femora], but also m^Mvote.V^n was wjthout a |/™ Professor o Materia Medica, Tin vera yof M S C n'M ^RIG1> M.D., L.R.C.S.E., Umversitv Lying-in-Hospita ; Physici-m to !r rff 5 Cosl,l,i? PhysTc.an to the f<Y, to tne Ladies' Benevolent InS il , f nG'uBrul Ho,Pi,nl'to 'he Wlrcl Dispen- ^nty,Montrea.; ShAS^^ l° ^ °f
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