See also:

• ANEURYSM, or ANEURISM (from Gr. avebpuvµa, a dilatation)

ANEURYSM, or ANEURISM (from Gr. avebpuvµa, a See also:

• DILATATION (from Lat. dis-, distributive, and lotus, wide)

dilatation)  , a cavity or See also:

• SAC

sac which communicates with the interior of an artery and contains See also:

• BLOOD

blood . The walls of the cavity are formed either of the dilated artery or of the tissues around that See also:

• VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel . The See also:

• DILATATION (from Lat. dis-, distributive, and lotus, wide)

dilatation of the artery is due to a See also:

• LOCAL

local weakness, the result of disease or injury . The commonest cause is chronic inflammation of the inner coats of the artery . The breaking of a See also:

• BOTTLE (Fr. bouteille, from a diminutive of the Lat. butta, a flask; cf. Eng. " butt ")

bottle or See also:

• GLASS
• GLASS (O.E. glees, cf. Ger. Glas, perhaps derived from an old Teutonic root gla-, a variant of glo-, having the general sense of shining, cf. " glare," " glow ")
• GLASS, STAINED

glass in the See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand is See also:

• APT

apt to cut through the outermost coat of the artery at the See also:

• WRIST

wrist (radial) and thus to cause a local weakening of the See also:

• TUBE (Lat. tuba)

tube which is gradually followed by dilatation . Also when an artery is wounded and the See also:

• WOUND (O. Eng. wund,connected with a Teutonic verb, meaning to strive, fight, suffer, seen in O. Eng. winnan, whence Eng. " win ")

wound in the skin and superficial structures heals, the blood may See also:

• ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli

escape into the tissues, displacing them, and by its pressure causing them to condense and See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form the sac-See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall . The coats of an artery, when diseased, may be torn by a severe See also:

• STRAIN (through O. Fr. straindre, estraindre, mod. i treindre, from Lat. stringere, to draw tight, related to stress, stretch, string, &c.)

strain, the blood escaping into the condensed tissues which thus form the aneurysmal sac . The See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of aneurysms into two classes, true and false, is unsatisfactory . On the See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face of it, an See also:

• ANEURYSM, or ANEURISM (from Gr. avebpuvµa, a dilatation)

aneurysm which is false is not an aneurysm, any more than a false See also:

• BANK

bank-See also:

• NOTE
• NOTE (Lat. nota, mark, sign, from noscere, to know)

note is legal See also:

• TENDER

tender . A better See also:

• CLASSIFICATION (Lat. classis, a class, probably from the root cal-, cla-, as in Gr. icaMce, clamor)

classification is into spontaneous and traumatic . The See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man who has chronic inflammation of a large artery, the result, for instance, of See also:

• GOUT

gout, arduous, straining See also:

• WORK

work, or See also:

• KIDNEY

kidney-disease, and whose artery yields under cardiac pressure, has a spontaneous aneurysm; the barman or window-cleaner who has cut his radial artery, the soldier whose brachial or femoral artery has been bruised by a See also:

• RIFLE

rifle See also:

• BULLET (Fr. boulet, diminutive of boule, ball)

bullet or grazed by a See also:

• BAYONET

bayonet, and the boy whose naked See also:

• FOOT

foot is pierced by a See also:

• SHARP, GRANVILLE (1735-1813)
• SHARP, JAMES (1618-1679)
• SHARP, JOHN (1645-1714)
• SHARP, RICHARD (1759-1835)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1749-1824)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1856-1905)

sharp See also:

• NAIL (O. Eng. naegal, cf. Dutch, Ger., Swed. nagel; the word is also related to Lat. unguis, Gr. ovu, Sans. nakhas)

nail, are apt to be the subjects of traumatic aneurysm . In those aneurysms which are a saccular bulging on one See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the artery the blood may be induced to coagulate, or may of itself See also:

• DEPOSIT (Lat. depositurn, from deponere, to lay down, to put in the care of)

deposit layer upon layer of See also:

• PALE (through Fr. pal, from Lat. palms, a stake, for paglus, from the stem pag- of pangere, to fix; " pole " is from the same original source)

pale See also:

• CLOT, ANTOINE

clot, until the sac is obliterated .

This laminar coagulation by See also:

• CONSTANT, BENJAMIN (1845-1902)

constant additions gradually fills the aneurysmal cavity and the pulsation in the sac then ceases; contraction of the sac and its contents gradually takes See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place and the aneurysm is cured . But in those aneurysms which are fusiform dilatations of the vessel there is but slight See also:

• CHANCE (through the O. Fr. cheance, from the Late Lat. cadentia, things happening, from cadere, to fall out, happen; cf. " case ")

chance of such cure, for the blood sweeps evenly through it without staying to deposit clot or laminated fibrine . In the treatment of aneurysm the aim is generally to See also:

• LOWER

lower the blood pressure by See also:

• ABSOLUTE (Lat. absolvere, to loose, set free)

absolute See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest and moderated See also:

• DIET

diet, but a cure is rarely effected except by operation, which, fortunately, is now resorted to more promptly and securely than was previously the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case . Without trying the speculative and dangerous method of treatment by See also:

• COMPRESSION

compression, or the application of an indiarubber bandage, the surgeon now without loss of See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time cuts down upon the See also:

• ANGEL

ANGEL artery, and applies an aseptic ligature See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close above the dilatation . Experience has shown that this method possesses See also:

• GREAT

great advantages, and that it has none of the disadvantages which were formerly supposed to attend it . Saccular dilatations of See also:

• ARTERIES (Gr. ap-rnpia, probably from a"spew, to raise, but popularly connected by the ancients with ai7P, air)

arteries which are the result of cuts or other injuries are treated by tying the vessel above and below, and by dissecting out the aneurysm . Popliteal, See also:

• CAROTID

carotid and other aneurysms, which are not of traumatic origin, are sometimes dealt with on this See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan, which is the old " Method of Antyllus " with See also:

• MODERN

modern aseptic conditions . Speaking generally, if an aneurysm can be dealt with surgically the sooner that the artery is tied the better . Less heroic See also:

• MEASURES

measures are too apt to prove painful, dangerous, ineffectual and disappointing . For aneurysm in the See also:

• CHEST (Gr. Kiarl, Lat. cista, O. Eng. cist, test, &c.)

chest or See also:

• ABDOMEN (a Latin word, either from abdere, to hide, or from a form adipomen, from adeps, fat)

abdomen (which cannot be dealt with by operation) the treatment may be tried of injecting a pure See also:

• SOLUTION (from Lat. solvere, to loosen, dissolve)

solution of gelatine into the loose tissues of the armpit, so that the gelatine may find its way into the blood stream and increase the chance of curative coagulation in the distant aneurysmal sac . (E .