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lated ; but adds, that he has feen this hap^ 

 pen three or four times. 



The arteries of the thigh may certain- 

 ly be dilated ; the cafe of J. Parker is a 

 plain proof of this; beiides, many others 

 related by authors. Mangetus * gives art 

 account of a large aneurifm iii the middle 

 of the thigh which came after a violent 

 ftrain. De Haen f fays, that Boerhaavd 

 was confulted by a ftudent for a large one 

 of the knee which then had no pulfation i 

 Boerhaave advifed him never to allow it 

 to be opened ; but he neglecting this ad- 

 tice, fufFered for his folly. 



The arteries of the leg have beerl 

 found enlarged. We have an account of 

 one of thefe arteries being greatly dilated 

 in Mangetus's Bibliotheca Chlrurgica |. The! 

 fcafe related by Dr Freind was certainly a 

 true aneurifm in the beginning, though 

 it had degenerated into the mixed kind 

 before the padent died§; as was likewife 

 Vol. III. Oo thd 



* Bibliothec. chirarg, lib. i. p. jo'. 



f Rat. medend. part 4. cap. z. 



if Biblloth. chirurg, lib. i. p. 95. 



S Hift, medicin. in vita Pau'.i. 



