Phlebitis and thrombosis; the Hunterian lectures delivered before the Royal college of surgeons of England in March, 1906 . FIG. 6.—PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SUPERFICIAL VEINS TWENTY-ONE YEARS AFTER OBLITERATION OF PART OF THE INFERIOR VENA CAVA. ( To precede Fig. FIG. 7.—PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SUPERFICIAL VEINS TWENTY-ONE YEARS AFTER OBLITERATION OF PART OF THE INFERIOR VENA CAVA. To face p. 59. Phlebitis and Thrombosis 59 vena cava. When this occurs an enormous developmentof the superficial veins of the groin and abdominal wallusually takes place for ca


Phlebitis and thrombosis; the Hunterian lectures delivered before the Royal college of surgeons of England in March, 1906 . FIG. 6.—PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SUPERFICIAL VEINS TWENTY-ONE YEARS AFTER OBLITERATION OF PART OF THE INFERIOR VENA CAVA. ( To precede Fig. FIG. 7.—PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SUPERFICIAL VEINS TWENTY-ONE YEARS AFTER OBLITERATION OF PART OF THE INFERIOR VENA CAVA. To face p. 59. Phlebitis and Thrombosis 59 vena cava. When this occurs an enormous developmentof the superficial veins of the groin and abdominal wallusually takes place for carrying on the collateral circula-tion. A similar condition has been observed in connectionwith obstruction of the superior vena cava, though thisevent is rare except in consequence of the pressure ofintrathoracic tumours. Figs. 6 and 7 are from photographs, showing thedevelopment of the superficial veins twenty-one yearsafter obliteration of part of the inferior vena cava. Inthis patient it took about ten years for these veins toreach a troublesome degree of enlargement, and it is onlylately that the circulation has become completely com-pensated, so that now there is no difference in the size ofthe limbs at night and in the morning, and the outline ofthe muscles is easily


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