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

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1817
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    CAROTID ANEURISM. Of the numerous diseases presented to the care of the Surgeon, few can possess a stronger claim to his attention than Aneurism. Till within these few years, the interesting variety of the disease, which forms the subject of this Essay, was considered as incurable; and it was left to the boldness and dexterity of the Bri- tish Surgeon to show the practicability of ef- fecting a permanent cure. In the following pages I propose first to offer a few general observations on the struc- A