. New elements of operative surgery . a prominence of the abscess, and a dark coloured inflammationsurrounding it: at this point the fluctuation was plainly to be felt. 4. A portion of the pericardium folded and thrown back. 5. Point of adhesion with the ventricle. 6. Left auricle. 7. Pulmonary artery. 8-8. Division of the pulmonary artery into right and Ascending Superior cava. Figure 2d. Shows the left Ventricle cut open through the middle, and reflected back t»expose the internal opening through wliich a bougie is passed. 1. The aorta. 2. Pulmonary artery. 3-3. Ilight and


. New elements of operative surgery . a prominence of the abscess, and a dark coloured inflammationsurrounding it: at this point the fluctuation was plainly to be felt. 4. A portion of the pericardium folded and thrown back. 5. Point of adhesion with the ventricle. 6. Left auricle. 7. Pulmonary artery. 8-8. Division of the pulmonary artery into right and Ascending Superior cava. Figure 2d. Shows the left Ventricle cut open through the middle, and reflected back t»expose the internal opening through wliich a bougie is passed. 1. The aorta. 2. Pulmonary artery. 3-3. Ilight and left pulmonary arteries. 4. Superior cava. 5. Divided edge of the left ventricle as turned up. 6. Lower edge of the same with the external surface of the ventriele.^1. One of the mitral valves. 8- S. CordBB tendinea;. 9-9. Divided edges of the left coiumna carnea. a. The internal pectinated surface of the left ventricle. b. Internal opemng with a bougie introduced. TREATMENT OP ARTERIAL LESIONS. 117 RUPTURE OF THE HEART. (Fig. 1.)10. (Fig. 2.) NEW ELEMENTS OP OPERATIVE SURGERY. SECTION IN PARTICULAR. CHAPTER I. ARTERIES OF THE ABDOMINAL LIMB. The arteries of the lower extremity being exposed more thanany where else to the action of external agents, and being at thesame time numerous, and for the most part of considerable magni-tude, are naturally subject and more liable in fact than any othersto all the diseases of the arterial system. The surgeon therefore isfrequently called upon to perform serious operations upon thismember ; nevertheless the trunks and their principal branches arethe only ones upon which these operations can be practised withadvantage; consequently there are scarcely any others in thispoint of view that ever require our attention, except the dor-salis pedis, anterior tibial, posterior tibial, peroneal, popliteal, andfemoral, and the circumflex and iliac arteries. Article I.—The Dorsalis Pedis.§ I.—Anatomy. The Dorsalis Pedis artery, being a


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