On a variety of false aneurism / by Robert Liston.

  • Robert Liston
Date:
1842
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    ON A VARIETY OF FALSE ANEURISM. By ROBERT LISTON, F.R.S., SURGEON TO UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL, PROFESSOR OF CLINICAL SURGEBV IN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, &C. &C. &C. [Read to the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society, March 8th, 1842. Printed at the Author's expense for distribution among the members.] My attention has lately been particularly di- rected to the subject of Communications between large blood-vessels and the cysts of abscesses, in consequence of having, a few weeks ago in my hospital practice, met with a remarkable case in which the carotid artery opened into a large ab- scess in the neck. My conviction has always been with those who hold that there is often more of in- structiveness in an unfortunate case than in a for- tunate one ; and, accordingly, I venture to lay the particulars of the case referred to, before the Society, as not altogether devoid of practical importance, and therefore of interest to the members. I have referred to other cases in confirmation of my views, and B