44 PROFESSOR OWEN ch. n. 



in the Aneurism for the Cure of which Dr. 

 Stevens tied the Internal Iliac Artery at Santa 

 Cruz in the Year 1812.' 3 



In 1830 three parts of the ' Catalogue of the 

 Hunterian Collection in the Museum of the 

 Royal College of Surgeons in London,' 4to, were 

 published. No author's name appears on any of 

 the six parts, but Owen was entirely responsible 

 for part iv. (1), and there is no doubt that he 

 assisted Clift in the preparation of the other parts 

 of this preliminary list. 



Owen sent his old friend and preceptor, 

 Dr. Seed, a copy of this work as soon as it was 

 ready, and received the following reply : — 



Lancaster : November 12, 1830. 



( My dear Owen, — Accept my thanks for the 

 book. I received it with peculiar pleasure, and 

 contemplate it as the dawning of a talent which, 



3 ' Dr. Stevens,' writes Owen, land by the operator in 1829. 



' had transmitted an account of Dr. Stevens,' Owen continues, 



this operation, the first, he be- ' at the suggestion of Mr. Law- 



lieved, which had been per- rence, deposited the preparation 



formed on that artery, in 1812, in the museum of the Royal 



from the island of Santa Cruz, College of Surgeons, and, the 



announcing its success. Doubts dissection being intrusted to me, 



were entertained and had been he requested me to communicate 



publicly expressed, as to the the particulars to the Sobriety, 



possibility of reaching so deep- The result of this dissection 



seated an artery. The patient, was to demonstrate the fact of 



restored to health, died in 1822. the application of the ligature 



The part of the body concerned on the internal iliac artery, and 



in the operation was preserved its effect on the obliteration of 



in spirits and brought to Eng- the aneurism.' 



