. St. Thomas's Hospital reports. atal seizure. The three cases which have been detailed correspond withthe larger number of the similar cases that have been placed onrecord. In all of them the aneurism involved the internalcarotid artery or its branches ; in two, indeed, the sac wassituated at the termination of that vessel immediately beforeit divided into its branches ; and in the third it arose from theend of the middle cerebral trunk. In the majority of cases theaneurisms arise in these situations, though they are nearly asfrequent in the basilar artery. In all the cases also theaneurisms
. St. Thomas's Hospital reports. atal seizure. The three cases which have been detailed correspond withthe larger number of the similar cases that have been placed onrecord. In all of them the aneurism involved the internalcarotid artery or its branches ; in two, indeed, the sac wassituated at the termination of that vessel immediately beforeit divided into its branches ; and in the third it arose from theend of the middle cerebral trunk. In the majority of cases theaneurisms arise in these situations, though they are nearly asfrequent in the basilar artery. In all the cases also theaneurisms became ruptured, so that the patient died from thelarge extravasation of blood which rapidly ensued. The sacwas in two cases the size of a horse-bean, in the third of a pea—dimensions which have been largely exceeded in some of therecorded cases. Internal Carotid. 137 •2 il ^H « 2 tc St 5 J ?§ >; •s -ej .i-> i^-is i^ «> ^ * 3 ~ r-i s ^ * tf. ::..-a S C ^ ^ t_f. u s w 2 >.tr i*^ 5 = — X i- = ; _2 ?^ K 2.
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