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The incyfted fpurious aneurifm* ap- 

 pears firfl in form of a fmall beating tu- 

 mor, which gradually increafes in its 

 frze; in the beginning it may be made to 

 difappear by prelTure, but afterwards, 

 when the blood has concreted in the cyft, 

 this cannot be done ; when the tumor is 

 once greatly enlarged, the pulfation often 

 ceafes, in the fame manner as intheother^ 

 fpeeies of aneurifm ; and in this kind the 

 coats turn thicker as the fwelling enlar- 

 ges, in the fame manner as happens to all 

 incyfted tumors. 



When thefe falfe aneurifms are fmall, 

 we may attempt at firft: to cure them 

 without any operation, provided the tu- 

 mor can be made to difappear by prefr 

 fure. To effectuate this, we ought to en^ 

 deavour to moderate the force of the 

 blood by bleeding, and a cooling regimen, 

 at the fame time that fuch a compreffion 

 is kept on the part by means of proper 

 compreffes and bandages as prevents the 

 blood from flowing into the cyft ; and 

 ?his compreffion is to be continued not 

 only till the tumor difappears, but like- 

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