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1873; BMJ; Volume: 1; Issue: 639 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1136/bmj.1.639.341-a

0959-8138

L. Aitken,

Historical and Religious Studies of Rome

Surgeon in the Coldstream Guards.So numerous have been the cases of late years of successful treatment of aneurism by compression, that it seems almost unnecessary to add to the number; but, as there were in this case a few points of special interest, I think it as well to bring it before the notice of the profession.Serjeant S., aged 39, twenty years in the service, was admitted into hospital on May 23rd, 1872, for a pulsating tumour about the size of an orange, situated on the inner side of the front of the thigh imme- diately over Hunter's canal, and extending slightly also into the pop- liteal space.The patient stated that the swelling first appeared three months before his admission, after running up and down stairs a great deal on duty; but he did not take any particular notice of it until very recently, when, after a fortnight's duty at Aldershot, which involved much marching, the pain in the tumour and along the front of the leg became so great that he was obliged to report himself sick.He was of slight build, and nervous temperament, but a healthy man and of steady habits.The following day, a double femoral compressor was put on the thigh, and the pulsation of the aneurism was readily arrested.From that date to July 2nd (nearly six weeks) this instrument was constantly applied without any beneficial result, beyond, perhaps, developing the