ANGEIOMA. CIRCOID ANEURISM. ANEURISM BY 

 ANASTOMOSIS. VENOUS TUMOR. NCEVUS. 



These are forms of dilatation and elongation of the network of 

 small arteries, or veins, and even of the intervening capillaries. 

 In man, these constitute the unsightly red patches and swellings 

 that appear on the face and hands. In animals with dark skins 

 and hairy covering they can only be recognized by the swelling, 

 the feeling as of a bag of worms when the hand is passed over it, 

 and by the rushing sound when auscultated. The trouble is 

 usually subcutaneous and is essentially a surgical one. The most 

 promising treatment is by persistent pressure, by electric current 

 supplementing the pressure, by electro-puncture, and by injec- 

 tions of muriate of iron. When the noevus is not too extensive 

 a double thread drawn by a needle through beneath the tumor at 

 short intervals and cut and the ends of each thread tied together , 

 so as to completely stop circulation, is most effective. 



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