The rapid cure of aneurism by pressure : illustrated by the case of Mark Wilson, who was cured of aneurism of the abdominal aorta in the year 1864 / by William Murray.

  • Murray, William, 1839-1920
Date:
1871
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The rapid cure of aneurism by pressure : illustrated by the case of Mark Wilson, who was cured of aneurism of the abdominal aorta in the year 1864 / by William Murray. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    41/52 page 37
    however, impossible to say whether the diminution of the pulsations were not due to the collapsed state of the patient. The man was returned to his bed, and the Carte's compressor readjusted over the artery. When the effects of the chloroform had completely passed off he complained of coldness and numbness of the legs, with soreness in the belly. At seven o'clock in the evening, finding that all pulsation had ceased in the aneurism, the man himself removed the compressor. The house-surgeon was at once sent for, and he found that there was no longer any pulsation in the tumour. Since that time the man has continued to improve. With the exception of some feeling of soreness in the belly, which lasted for about thirty-six hours, the patient suffered no inconvenience from the treatment. October 17.—The aneurismal sac is now felt as a hard oval mass ; the artery which leads to it pulsates strongly, but all impulse ceases at the upper edge of the tumour. Nothing could better illustrate the difference between the slow and rapid method than this case. Contrast the six weeks' application of Carte's compressor (without chloroform) to the femoral artery, with the application of Lister's tourniquet (with chloroform) to the abdominal aorta—the difference between six weeks of imperfect pres- sure, and twenty minutes of an absolutely stagnated current.
    digitised image 1
    digitised image 2
    digitised image 3