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and bandages applied, and a fuppuratioii 

 is to be promoted. 



It has been found, that, although the 

 trunk of the humeral artery has been tied, 

 and there has been no pulfation in the 

 wrift immediately after the operation ; yet 

 in one, two, three, or four days, the pulfe 

 has returned, and the patients have reco- 

 vered the free ufe of their arms. It may, 

 perhaps, be of ufe here to obferve, that, 

 after the operation for the incyfted fpu- 

 rious aneurifm, where the opening into 

 the cavity of the artery is fmall, and con- 

 fequently the two ligatures are near to 

 each other, there is lefs chance of an> 

 haemorrhage, than there is after the ope- 

 ration for the true aneurifm, where the 

 ligatures are at a greater diflance. For, the 

 longer the artery is between the two liga- 

 tures, the greater number of lateral 

 branches arife from it, and the greater 

 chance there is of their anaftomofing v/ith 

 the branches which have come off from 

 the trunk of the artery above or below the 

 difeafed part. Bandages, therefore, applied 

 fo tight as to flop the blood from return- 

 ing 



