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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    “ - — [ 105 ] “ tion : for in this case the humeral ar- “ tery was tied above it’s division into “ the radial, ulnar, and interosseous ar- “ teries: and the small capillary arteries “ appear to have undergone so great a “ dilatation, as when taken together, to “ exceed in diameter the trunk of the “■ humeral artery, which, by their tor- “ tuous anastomoses, they fill again be- “ neath the obliteration. . • i . • r t . • !(.'l “ My worthy friend Dr. Hunter has “ done me the honour to give this pre- “ paration a place amongst his valuable “ collections. ‘4 Plate Fourth. “ A fore view of the preparation. “ The dotted lines at A express the ex- “ tent of the obliteration of the trunk of “ the artery. p Case 21 “ For a curious investigation of these tortuous convolutions, see Dr. Hunter's observations on ctneu- iu risms in the Medical Observations and Inquiries, | v°b P* 411, and Molinellius in the Act. JBenon.