Dissecting aneurysm of the aorta: a review of 505 cases
AE Hirst Jr, VJ Johns Jr, SW KIME JR - Medicine, 1958 - journals.lww.com
An aneurysm is defined as a localized dilata-tion of an artery. Galen (1), in the second
century AD, gave an accurate clinical description mentioning the pulsating quality, the
disappearance of the mass with pressure, and the con-tents of bright blood, warmer than
venous. blood. He sagely cautioned that “if an aneurism be wounded, the blood is spouted
out with so much violence that it can scarcely be arrested.” In 1542, Fernelius (2) described
an aneurysm as “a dilatation of an artery full of spiritous blood,” and was apparently the first …
century AD, gave an accurate clinical description mentioning the pulsating quality, the
disappearance of the mass with pressure, and the con-tents of bright blood, warmer than
venous. blood. He sagely cautioned that “if an aneurism be wounded, the blood is spouted
out with so much violence that it can scarcely be arrested.” In 1542, Fernelius (2) described
an aneurysm as “a dilatation of an artery full of spiritous blood,” and was apparently the first …