Abstract: Watercolour medical illustration depicting an aneurism. It has the alternative reference number 1052, P1B and 46 on the front. The Richmond Hospital Museum reference is C.e.34. The entry for this in P263/1 pg. 28 reads 'Dissecting Aneurism of the Aorta. Edw.d McGowan aet 24. Mr Smith'. Part of the artist's name is in the bottom right corner 'J. Conno[cut off]' and in the left corner 'McGowan aet 24'. Under the illustration the typescript and handwritten notes read 'Dissecting Aneurism of the Aorta. Dissecting Aneurism of the ascending portion of the Arch of the Aorta opening into the Pericardium'. The handwritten note on the back reads 'Edward McGowan aet 24, a blacksmith, while engaged in his daily employment, suddenly became pale, fell and expired at once. He had for some time previously complained of dyspnea. The pericardium contained fluid & coagulated blood in large quantity. When the aorta was laid open, a longitudinal rupture of the lining membrane was seen, commencing near the [??] of one of the valves, extending upwards for near two inches & then passing transversely, so as to encircle nearly the whole cylinder of the artery. Near the junction of the transverse with the longitudinal portion of the rupture, all the arterial tissue had [?] away & through a very small oval aperture, the blood has escaped into the pericardium. See Dublin Journal Vol. 9, p. 426'.
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