An inquiry into the nature and cause of that swelling in one or both of the lower extremities which sometimes happens to lying-in women.

  • White, Charles, 1728-1813.
Date:
1801
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Credit: An inquiry into the nature and cause of that swelling in one or both of the lower extremities which sometimes happens to lying-in women. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    [ lot ] • “ seldom occur, I was determined not * “ to miss that which now offered. I “ accordingly injected the axillary ar- “ tery with wax, and then took off the i( arm at the joint, and dissected it. The “ annexed figure is a true representation “ of its appearance. “ As I do not recollect to have seen or heard of a 20 preparation of this sort, “ I imagine it will not be unacceptable ef to the public. We may here not only ** admire the wonderful power of nature “ in continuing the circulation, when *s almostr three inches of the princi- “ pal artery were obliterated, but sur- “ geons may.be encouraged never to “ despair of success in a similar opera- > “ tion : . > * ■ .i:» 4 v ’ * ■ 20 u Molinellius, in the Act Benon. vol. i. part 2, page 72, has given us the history and a “ drawing of an aneurism similar to this, which he “ dissected, but it does not appear that the arteries “ were injected, or the parts preserved. I am obliged “ to Dr. Hunter lor this note, as I am not in possession i{ of the book.