. American practice of surgery ; a complete system of the science and art of surgery . ents, such as coffee, tea, and digitalis, mustbe looked upon as playing a part in the causation of the disease. Althoughalcohol is credited with being one of the most potent factors in arteriosclerosis,it really has but little to do with it, except that it leads to the production of excessive use of nitrogenous food kills more advilt men than alcohol—themischief being due to the waste products. The disease is essentially one oflate adult life, and chffers from senile vascular degeneration; it is muc
. American practice of surgery ; a complete system of the science and art of surgery . ents, such as coffee, tea, and digitalis, mustbe looked upon as playing a part in the causation of the disease. Althoughalcohol is credited with being one of the most potent factors in arteriosclerosis,it really has but little to do with it, except that it leads to the production of excessive use of nitrogenous food kills more advilt men than alcohol—themischief being due to the waste products. The disease is essentially one oflate adult life, and chffers from senile vascular degeneration; it is much more 214 AMERICAN PRACTICE OF SURGERY. connnon in men than in women; the former suffer more frequently from syphilis,have more mental worry, and are subject to more physical strain. Hypertrophic Endarteritis as a Cause of Gangrene.—Benni described fullya lesion in the profunda femoris and popliteal arteries of an old woman of 86years, who died of cerebral softening and spontaneous gangrene. The arte-ries above mentioned were obliterated by a mass which he claimed was continu-. 1&- ^ ^
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