A probationary surgical essay on carotid aneurism : submitted ... to the examination of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh ... / by Thomas Inglis.

Date:
1817
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    ligature, under it, taking care to exclude the accompanying nerves. The two ligatures were then tied about half an inch asunder, being the greatest distance to which they could be separated. The artery was not di- vided between them, from a fear of their be- ing thrown off by the force of the circulation, the distance being too small to allow of any means being used to prevent this occurrence. As soon as the ligatures were tied, all pulsa- tion in the tumour ceased, and the operation being terminated, the wound was superficially dressed. On the day after the operation, the pulsation in the tumour had not returned, and there was no appearance of a diminution of nervous energy in any part of the body. This patient died at the end of nineteen days, and on examination the cause of her death was found to be, the inflammation of the aneu- rismal sac, and the parts adjacent, by which the tumour had become so much increased in