DISSECTING ANEURYSM OF THE AORTA: A PRESENTATION OF FIFTEEN CASES AND A REVIEW OF THE RECENT LITERATURE
Authors: S R BAUERSFELD
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1947)

Article1 June 1947DISSECTING ANEURYSM OF THE AORTA: A PRESENTATION OF FIFTEEN CASES AND A REVIEW OF THE RECENT LITERATURES. RICHARD BAUERSFELD, M.D.S. RICHARD BAUERSFELD, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-26-6-873 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptDissecting aneurysm of the aorta was first described by Nicholls1 in 1761. Laennec2 in 1819 was the first to employ the term dissecting aneurysm and Swaine3 in 1856 was the first to make a correct ante-mortem diagnosis. In 1863 Peacock4 published his review of 80 cases and in 1933 Shennan5 published his monograph of 300 cases, to which he added 17 of his own. 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