A treatise on the diseases of arteries and veins, containing the pathology and treatment of aneurisms and wounded arteries / by Joseph Hodgson.

  • Hodgson, Joseph, 1788-1869.
Date:
1815
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Credit: A treatise on the diseases of arteries and veins, containing the pathology and treatment of aneurisms and wounded arteries / by Joseph Hodgson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    quences. Granulations are not unfrequently met with at the origin of the aorta, particularly upon the semilunar valves, and also in the cavities of the heart, the lining membrane of which is conti- nuous with that of the arteries, and appears to possess the same properties. The inflammation which is excited in an artery by the application of a ligature, is sometimes pro- pagated to a considerable extent along the vessel. I have seen the inflammation of the internal coat extend even to the heart after the ligature of the femoral artery in amputation, and I have known a similar effect produced by the application of a ligature for the cure of an aneurism in the upper extremity. Mr. Cline* and Mr. Abernethyf have also observed this circumstance after the ligature of the femoral artery for the cure of aneurisms ; and it has been remarked in the hypogastric arte- ries, after the ligature of the umbilical cord The internal surface of arteries often exhibits a red appearance which does not arise from acute inflammation. The internal coat is of a deep scarlet colour, sometimes throughout the whole extent of the system; and on other occasions * Transactions of a Society far the Improvement of Medical and Chirurgical Knowledge, vol. i. p. 171. t Surgical Observations, part iv. p. 232. First Edition. J Oehme, Diss, de Morbis recens natorum Infantum Chi- rurgicis. Lips. 1773.