ix J\^otes to Introductory Lecture, 



Mr. Abernetliy of London, first tied the external iliac ar- 

 tery above Poupart's ligament, which operation he perform- 

 ed in a case of femoral aneurism. His first and second at- 

 tempts were unsuccessful, owing to the desperate nature of 

 one case, and an unusual occurrence in the other. Mr. A. 

 afterwards was happy in saving two lives by it.^ Mr. FrecF 

 and Mr. Tomlinson of Birmingham, performed the same ope- 

 ration with success, each ouee.f Dr. Dorsey also perform- 

 ed it in the Pennsylvania Hospital, in 1811, successfully.:!: 

 The patient walked on the twentieth day. Mr. Astley 

 Cooper of London, has also tied the carotid artery for aneu- 

 rism, in two cases, the first, in 1805, was in the right caro- 

 tid ; death took place from <^ an inflammation of the aneu- 

 rismal sac and parts adjacent, by which the size of the tu- 

 mour became increased so as to press on the pharynx, and 

 prevent deglutition, and upon the larynx, so as to excite vio- 

 lent fits of coughing, and ultimately impede respiration.'* 

 In the second case, in 1808, the disease was in the internal 

 carotid, and was cured. See Medico-Chirurgical Trans, vol. 

 1, pages 1 and 222. London, 1809. Dr. Post of New York, 

 has also within the last year successfully operated in 

 New York for aneurism in the carotid artery.q: See also 

 Mr. Cooper's account of the dissection of a limb, in which 

 the operation for poplitial aneurism had been performed, 

 in the Medico-Chirurgical Transactions, vol. 2, London* 

 1812. 



JTote 38. 



Professor Camper rendered most important services both 

 to human and comparative anatomy. His account of the dis- 

 section of apes, monkeys and ourans outang is inserted in the 

 Trans. Royal Soc. London, for 1779 — vol. 69, and is entitled 



* Surgical observations on the constitutional origin and treatment of local 

 diseases, and on Aneurisms. London, 1809. 

 f Freer on Aneurism. Birmingham, 1807, 4to 

 i Dorsey's Surgery, vol. 2. 



