On varix, its causes and treatment with especial reference to thrombosis : an address delivered at the inaugural meeting of the Nottingham Medico-chirurgical Society, Session 1898-99 / by William H. Bennett.

  • Bennett, William H. (William Henry), Sir, 1852-1931.
Date:
1898
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    majority of cases, insusceptible of explanation. For practical purposes, so far as their causation is concerned, varicose veins may be divided into four classes : (1) those which are congenital; (2) those due to obstruction of blood-current; (3) those caused by strain without thrombosis (traumatic); and (4) those the result of thrombosis. 1. The congenital cases form a large percentage of those usually met with, and consist of two varieties : (a) those connected with the subcuta- neous veins only, and (b) those having a direct and gross communication with the deep venous trunks. The second of these varieties is, for reasons presently to be mentioned, by far the more important. As an example of the first variety, the local mass of varix often seen in the calf of the leg may be mentioned, and of the second kind the convoluted collection of varicose veins about the inner side of the knee, which, turning towards the middle of the popliteal region, ends in a large vessel which joins the deep vein directly by passing through the normal opening in the fascia over the popliteal space. A third variety of congenital varix is that in which the whole venous apparatus of a limb is over-developed, with or without corresponding increase in size of the main artery. Such cases vary in degree from what is nothing more than a little exaggeration in the size of the vessels to a morbid condition which may,