Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people . and the blood escape among the tissues,the A. is said to be dilTused. Varicose A. is when the sac com-municates both with an artery and a vein; Aneurismal Varix,?when these vessels communicate without any sac intervening;Ijoth of these are generally the results of bleeding being performedby non-professional persons. Aneurisms prove fatal by theirpressure on some important part, or by bursting and allowing asudden escape of blood. They are ciu-ed by the deposit, withinthe sac, of flbrin from the blood—a result the su
Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people . and the blood escape among the tissues,the A. is said to be dilTused. Varicose A. is when the sac com-municates both with an artery and a vein; Aneurismal Varix,?when these vessels communicate without any sac intervening;Ijoth of these are generally the results of bleeding being performedby non-professional persons. Aneurisms prove fatal by theirpressure on some important part, or by bursting and allowing asudden escape of blood. They are ciu-ed by the deposit, withinthe sac, of flbrin from the blood—a result the surgeon can pro-mote by obstructing the artery above the A. by compression or byligature; applying the latter close to tlie sac, if the A. is of the^ false variety, but at a distance, if it is the result of aneurisms are treated by those remedies which moderatethe hearts action, as digitalis, &c. ANGEIOLEUCITIS. See Adenitis. ANGEL, an ancient English gold coin, varying in value from?%». ^d. to 10s. It was so called from the figure ot the archangel. Angel of Edward IV. Michael piercing the dragon upon its obverse. Angels contin-ued to be coined down to the time of the Commonwealth. ANGEL-FISH (Squntina Anyclus), a fish comhion on the south-ern coasts of Britain, and remarkable for its extreme some parts of the coast, it is called monJc-jish. It is verynearl} allied to the sharks, and was included by Linnajus in thegerms Squaltis. See SHARK. It is very voracious, preying chieflyupon fishes. It attains a length of seven or eight feet; and tliebody is broad and flattened horizontally. The head is nearlyround, and broader than the body, from which it is separated by ^#f Angel Fish. ?a very distinct neck; the mouth is extreinelj^ large, and at tlieextremity of the snout; the eyes are on tlie upper part of thehead, and are very small; behind the eyes are large spout-Iioles;the skin is very rough, and covered with tubercles. The upperparts are of a gray c
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