A Case of Aneurism of the Carotid Artery

of Gracechurch-street, that I might examine a tumor in the neck, which was obviously an Aneurism of-the right Carotid Artery.I advised her to become a patient in Guy's Hospital, and she was admitted on the 23d of October, I805.The account she gave of the disease was, that the tumor appeared five months before, situated rather above the middle of the neck; its size at first being o*y that of the end of the finger; that it beat with very great force, and occasioned a strong pulb sation in the brain; that it gradually increased upwards, until it reached the lower jaw, and extended downwards below the middle of he neck; ;that ffr VOL.T. B ANEURISM OF THE a fortnight previous to her admission, the pulsation in it and in the brain had been so strong as to prevent her sleeping; that the scalp on that side was tender, so as scarcely to bear the touch; that she had great difficulty in taking any solid food, and was constantly teased with a violent cough.