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of the hofpital. The axillary artery 

 .was found to open intd the large aneu- 

 rifmal fac, which extended above two 

 thirds down the arm. This fac was fil- 

 led with a large lamellated polypous con- 

 cretion, entirely of the fame nature as 

 thofe generally found in large aneurifms 

 of long (landing ; and along with it a 

 quantity of flaid and grumous blood. 

 The beginning of the fac feemed to be 

 continued with the coats of the artery^ 

 but the reft of it to be formed of the 

 neighbouring cellular membranes, 8cc. 

 jn the fame manner as the fides of any 

 common incyfted tumour. The, hume- 

 ral artery run behind the aneurifmal fac, 

 but was impervious for about half an 

 inch, immediately below where the a- 

 xillary artery opened into the large fac> 

 its fides being grown together, as we 

 found by making a hole into the artery 

 below, and. introducing a probe upwards, 

 and then cutting open the vefFel upon the 

 probe till we came to the part where it 

 was flopped. The reft of the humeral ar- 

 tery, and the radial and ulnar arteries 



were 



