A probationary essay on osteo-aneurism, or aneurism of the arterial capillaries of bone : submitted, by the authority of the President and his Council. to the examination of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh ... / by P.D. Handyside.

  • Handyside, P. D. (Peter David), 1808-1881.
Date:
1833
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Credit: A probationary essay on osteo-aneurism, or aneurism of the arterial capillaries of bone : submitted, by the authority of the President and his Council. to the examination of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh ... / by P.D. Handyside. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the muscles themselves, many of which could not be distin- guished from the disease. Underneath this mass, the bones, both radius and ulna, were so much diseased, that ampu- tation above the elbow was deemed the only remedy. After removing the limb, the stump had a very florid but healthy appearance; the humeral artery, with five muscular branches, were taken up, and the stump dressed in the usual way; the cure went on favourably, and the patient was dismissed cured in three weeks. Two months afterwards, the man applied again for re- lief, having had frequent bleeding from small orifices upon the side and fore part of the stump; these made their ap- pearance in small black specks, bled profusely, but stopped of their own accord. He was again admitted into the Hos- pital, the stump was dressed with mild cerate, a gentle pres- sure was made by a roller, and the wounds soon healed. The roller was continued. In the course of a week he was seized with violent hemorrhage from the lungs, for which he took diluted sulphuric acid, and lived on a milk diet. For three weeks he was apparently recovering, when the specks appeared again upon the stump, and, notwith- standing the pressure made by the roller, they gave way, and a violent bleeding suddenly ensued, which stopped of it- self before any assistance could be aiForded. He was much weakened by this hemorrhage, and his pulse remained very slow and feeble for some days. His health, however, began to recruit; but before he was recovered the hemoptoe re- turned : for this he was bled and digitalis given. From this time he had no return of hemorrhage while he remained in the Hospital, which was about five weeks ; upon leaving it he went to the country, where he died consumptive in a few weeks. I was not informed of his death at the time, which prevented my making any examination of the body. B 2