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Case of carotid aneurism successfully treated by tying the artery above the aneurismal tumor.

Publication Details

Med.-chir. Trans., 13, 217-26. 1827 CE.

Wardrop successfully treated aneurysm of the carotid artery by distal ligation, a procedure suggested by Pierre Brasdor (see No. 2951). Wardrop expanded this paper into a book: On aneurism, and its cure by a new operation, London, Longman, 1828.

Thematic Classifications

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#2949
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/4991
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLcase-of-carotid-aneurism-successfully-treated-by-tying-the-artery-above-the-aneurismal-tumor

Geographic Context

Mentioned in annotation: London