For below the elbow spontaneous aneurism is almost unknown, and even traumatic aneurisms are extremely rare.
In the case of femoral and popliteal aneurisms the method of Antyllus is often unsuitable.
In the case of popliteal arterio-venous aneurisms a number were successfully treated by proximal (Hunterian) ligature, and by single ligature immediately above the sac.
The comparatively frequent association of popliteal aneurisms with wounds of the knee-joint has already been spoken of in relation to anchylosis.
Direct incision of the sac is suitable, and the best method of treatment for aneurisms in the calf, forearm, and probably arm.
The nervous factor seems another element in favour of reasonable delay in active interference with traumatic aneurisms of the above varieties in the absence of threatening symptoms.
It will be remarked in cases 13 and 14 that at the expiration of a year the pulse rate was still high, but these again are cervical aneurisms each in contact with or near the vagus.
For either femoral or popliteal arterio-venous aneurisms ligature of the artery above and below the aneurism is the best and safest treatment.
I can give no useful statistics on this subject, but with regard to the popliteal aneurisms I may state that in three instances gangrene of the leg followed early operative interference in the popliteal space.
Reference to cases 7 and 9 as illustrating the possible spontaneous cure of traumatic aneurismsis of great interest.
In each the aneurisms mainly occupied the exit segment of the track; this is the general rule, as in the case of external hæmorrhage, and is determined by the same cause.
Aneurisms often cause intense pain, which is sometimes thought to be rheumatic in origin.
The most important aneurisms occur in the arch of the aorta, that is, in the large curved artery which comes directly from the heart itself and of which all the other arteries are branches.
If aneurisms are discovered in early stages the patient's life may well be prolonged by these simple measures.
Albertini, who had been a professor of Morgagni's, pointed out that aneurisms are rarely found in animals, because brutes were not subject to emotions as are human beings.
This disease is an obscure disorder, which may be from pressure upon a nerve, cerebral or spinal sclerosis, small aneurisms in the brain, etc.
Aneurisms seated internally may occupy the cavity of the cranium, chest, or abdomen.
In the meninges we may find glioma, cancers, and psammoma, fibromata; aneurisms of the spinal arteries have been discovered in the spinal canal.
Aneurisms impede the circulation of the blood, and may give rise to intermittent lameness.
In the treatment of aneurisms exterior to the great cavities, important improvements have been made in modern times.
Pulsation in the tumour is distinct from the first, and is painful to the patient; and in the external aneurisms it is so strong as to be perceived by a bystander at a considerable distance.
In large aneurisms the accumulation and deposit of fibrin may be much greater at some points than at others, and hence pulsation may be rendered “not equal in all directions.
Arterial degenerations may cause thrombotic accidents, and the formation of miliary aneurisms in the brain may determine a fatal issue by softening or hemorrhage.
In connection with gastric ulcer mention has already been made of the occurrence of miliary aneurisms in the stomach, which may be the cause of fatal haematemesis.
Amongst the pulmonary lesions obstructing the venous circulation are emphysema, interstitial and croupous pneumonia, effusions into the pleura, intrathoracic aneurisms or tumors, etc.
It may come from miliary aneurisms of the gastric arteries or from varicose veins in the wall of the stomach.
These miliary aneurisms in the floor of gastric ulcers seem to be analogous to those in the walls of phthisical cavities.
Miliary aneurisms occur in the stomach independently of gastric ulcer, and may give rise to fatal haematemesis, as in four cases reported by Galliard.
Bursting of Aneurisms or of Abscesses from without into the Stomach.
Miliary aneurisms have been found by Galliard and others as a cause of profuse and even fatal hemorrhage from the stomach.
The verminous aneurism may occur from the sixth month of life onwards, and with increasing age; the number of horses free from such aneurisms becomes continually smaller.
The palisade worms are seldom absent from aneurisms of the horse.
A horse is not unfrequently afflicted with severalaneurisms of this kind at one and the same time.
Its termination by rupture is extremely rare, the aneurisms of the abdominal aorta being more disposed to rupture than those of the anterior mesenteric artery.
In contrast to aneurisms in man, the walls of the worm-aneurism of the horse are almost without exception indurated.
Thus in one case (described by Bollinger) there were six of these aneurisms affecting the abdominal aorta and its branches in the same horse.
We call them aneurisms or accommodation chambers, builded by nature's constructing ability of the arteries as deposits for blood.
Is it not reasonable to suppose that under those deposits that softening of arteries has its beginning, which results inaneurisms and death by rupture of such abnormally formed arteries?
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