Ligature of the Brachial Artery at the Bend of the Elbow

oar whilst rowing, that a few days subsequently he noticed a small swelling about the size of a pea at the part injured. This swellinggradually increased in size until it had reached the present bulk. For the past few days, the swelling had become very painful, and lie' experienced much throbbing aching pain, and he noticed the part was hot and red, and for these reasons he had applied for relief. On examination, a strong muscular adult complaining of a painful swelling on the ri<*ht wrist. Over the region of the right radial artery there was a pulsatile swelling; the tumour, the size of a bantam's egg, was situated over the radial artery just before it passes under the extensor tendons to reach the back of the wrist. It was hot to the touch, the skin was red in colour over the swelling, and felt rather (Edematous ; it pulsated freely and all the classical signs of aneurism were present. It was evidently an inflamed aneurism threatening to burst. The