On aneurism : especially of the thorax and root of the neck / by Richard Barwell.

  • Barwell, Richard, 1827-1916.
Date:
1880
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Credit: On aneurism : especially of the thorax and root of the neck / by Richard Barwell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER I. THE FLAT LIGATURE. The introduction of asepticism modifies very con- siderably the death-rate, or, in other words, the dangers of surgical operations ; hence must in many cases render such procedure far more life-saving than what is euphuistically called the expec- tant method; nor do I think that any department of surgery is so profoundly affected by this recent development as the treatment and management of aneurism. Let us consider the position of a patient, who had suffered deligation of the carotid artery under the former system, and whose wound has done well under the circumstances,—that is to say, it has all healed by first intention except the little sinus-like track, which permits a silken ligature tied round the vessel to pass through the skin to the outward air B