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not exempted from fuch accidents. Lan- 

 cifi * quotes a cafe from Fontanus of ani 

 aneurifm of the aorta fituatcd immediate- 

 ly above the iliacs. And we have a like 

 one in the Hi/tor. Morbor. UratiJJav* 

 1 70 1 f. Severinus X mentions one of 

 the cseliac artery. 



Th e pulmonary vefTels too have been 

 found dilated ; for Ambrofe Pare § gives 

 the cafe of an aneurifm or dilatation of the 

 arteria venofa^ where the internal coat was 

 degenerated into a bony nature. 



Th e intercoflal arteries have been found 

 diflended into large cyfls, if authors have 

 not miftaken the falfe for the true aneu- 

 rifms. Ruyfch ** fays he has feen one 

 of the intercoflal arteries diflended to the 

 fize of a hen's egg, and wonders how 

 luch a fmall vefTel could be fo much di- 

 lated J 



* De aneurifm, prop. 38. 



t Page 28, 



X De nov'.fGra, abfceff. cap. 34- § 5. 



§ Oper. de tumor, cent, natur. lib. 6. cap. 33". 

 Blancard calls this the pulmonary vein; Cadelli, the 

 artery. 



** Thefaur, anatora. 9. No 5, 



