Engravings intended to illustrate some of the diseases of arteries, accompanied with explanations.

  • Joseph Hodgson
Date:
1815
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Engravings intended to illustrate some of the diseases of arteries, accompanied with explanations. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    PLATE V. This Plate is intended to illustrate the formation of a dif- fused aneurism in consequence of the rupture of a small sac formed by the dilated coats of an artery. A sac which is formed by the dilatation of the coats of an artery, as it advances in size generally contracts firm adhesions with the surrounding parts; so that when the dilated coats of the vessel give way, the effusion of blood is prevented by these adhesions, and the remainder of the sac is formed in the same manner as when an aneurism is in the first instance the consequence of the destruction or rupture of the coats of an artery. In some instances, however, the sac which is formed by the'dilated coats of the vessel bursts suddenly before the adhesions are sufficiently firm to resist the impulse of the circulating blood. When this happens, the blood is injected among the surrounding parts, forming a diffused aneurism. The figure represented in this Plate exhibits a small sac, formed by a dilatation of the coats of the femoral artery, which burst suddenly. A quantity of grumous blood was found among the muscles of the thigh. A large cavity con- taining blood was situated upon the triceps muscle. The femoral artery communicated with this cavity by a circular E
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