A case of aneurism, presenting some peculiarities; with remarks / [Prescott Gardiner Hewett].

Hewett, Prescott (Prescott Gardiner), Sir, 1812 or 1813-1891.

Date:: 1846]

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CASE OF ANEURISM, PRESENTING SOME PECULIARITIES; WITH REMARKS. By PRESCOTT HEWETT, Esq., LECTURER ON ANATOMY AT ST. GEORGE’S HOSPITAL SCHOOL. Received January 13th—Read January 27th, 1846. G. B., setat. 31, was admitted into St. George’s Hospital, under the care of Sir Benjamin Brodie, in May 1839, with a pulsating tumour, of the size of a pullet’s egg, in the left groin, about an inch below Poupart’s ligament, and apparently connected with the common femoral artery. The tumour, which was soft and compressible, presented very evident pul¬ sation and expansion, accompanied by a distinct whir. The patient stated that he had, for the first time, perceived the tumour about three weeks previous to his admission, when it was of the size of a small walnut, but that he could not as¬ sign its appearance to any cause. He complained of great pain down the leg, but particularly at the inner side of the knee; the pain was accompanied by a sensation of pins and needles in the limb. He was a carpenter by trade, and had been in the habit of lifting very heavy weights. His manner was irritable, owing, most probably, to his having drunk very hard, but his general health was, he stated, very good. As a careful examination of the heart and large arteries did not point out any disease about these parts, Sir B. Brodie applied, on the 30th of the month, a ligature to the external iliac artery, some distance above the origin of the epigastric.