Elements of pathological anatomy . other hand, it is attached by a broad base, the aperture is always muchlarger, and its edges are also more irregular, sometimes, indeed, quite shreddyand ragged, as if they had been torn. The situation of the orifice is commonlytowards the centre of the sac, but it may be at one side, or even at one of itsextremities. The form of the opening is extremely variable, and admits of nospecific description. In the early stage of the disease, and in nearly all cases * The subject in whom these dilatations were found was about fifty years of age. They affectedalmost
Elements of pathological anatomy . other hand, it is attached by a broad base, the aperture is always muchlarger, and its edges are also more irregular, sometimes, indeed, quite shreddyand ragged, as if they had been torn. The situation of the orifice is commonlytowards the centre of the sac, but it may be at one side, or even at one of itsextremities. The form of the opening is extremely variable, and admits of nospecific description. In the early stage of the disease, and in nearly all cases * The subject in whom these dilatations were found was about fifty years of age. They affectedalmost every artery in the body, even the aorta and its principal divisions, but they were mostnumerous in the extremities. The axillary, humeral, radial, and ulnar arteries, the femoral, popli-teal, tibial, and peroneal, were closely studded with them. In volume they varied between that ofa millet-seed and a largo pea. In other respects, the coats of the vessels were perfectly healthv.(Pathologie Chirurgicale, par Jules Cloquet, p. 86.). Sacculated aneurism; a, artery; b, aneu-rismal pouch. 232 ARTERIES. Fig. 62.
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