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Excerpt from On the Diseases and Injuries of Arteries: With the Operations Required for Their Cure Being the Substance of the Lectures Delivered in the Theatre of the Royal College of Surgeons in the Spring of MDCCCXXIX MY object in the first part of the following work, is to demonstrate the value and importance of that portion of the pathological collection in the museum of the Royal College of Surgeons, which relates to the subject of Aneurism; and to prove, that the labours and researches of Mr. Hunter anticipated nearly all the observations which have been made by his contemporaries 'and successors. I have entered more fully in the subsequent part into the consideration of the nature and treatment of Wounds of Arteries, illustrating these points principally by observations and cases which occurred during the late war in Portugal, Spain, France, and the Netherlands; and I would fain hope it will give to this part of surgery aprecision which it has not hitherto universally attained. I have endeavoured to be as concise as possible, compatible with clearness of ex pression, and have avoided, as far as lay in my power, quotations and references, which would have made a book, already larger than I expected, of twice its present size. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.