An Account of a Case of Aneurism by Anastomosis of the Forehead, Treated by the Application of Ligatures

THE disease which Mr. John Bell has described under the name of Aneurism by Anastomosis* is, I have employed the term Aneurism by-Anastomosis, because it has become (in this country at least) sanctioned by custom, and for the purpose of avoiding the inconvenience which attends the frequent change of surgical nomenclature.At the same time I must acknowledge that it appears to me to be liable to more than one objection.Ist,-I am not aware that it has been proved that there is in these cases any actual increase of the anastomosis which naturally exists between the smaller arteries.The phenomena of the disease are suffi- ciently explained on the supposition of the arteries being simply dilated, and elongated, and thereby rendered tor- tuous; and the very interesting dissection recorded by Mr.