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the needle clofe upon the nails, fo as to 

 Ihun any nerves that may lie near the 

 artery j after having made the ligatures, 

 it is to be treated as any other wound. 

 This operation can almoft only be done 

 in the extremities, and in the branches 

 of the temporal artery. When indeed the 

 tumour is fituated in the nsck, and the 

 fwelling does not extend much upwards 

 or downwards, an operation may be at- 

 tempted ; for we know that an animal 

 will live after one of its carotid arteries 

 is tied. However, the difficulty of ma- 

 king a proper compreffion, and the dan- 

 ger of cutting thefe parts, will deter moil 

 cautious furgeons from attempting the o- 

 peration when the aneurifm is fituated 

 jiere *, 



When an aneurifm is fo fituated in 

 any of the extremities as to admit of an 

 operation, I would not advife the furgeon 



to 



* An aneurifm of the carotid artery appeared fame 

 time after a wouad of the neck Mwith a fword ; a furgeoa 

 attempted to cure it by operation ; but, not being able to 

 make a fufficient compreffion, the patient died of an 

 haemorrhage immediately. Harder. Obferv, Praftv 

 pbferv, 86. 



