Excerpt from Annals of Surgery, Vol. 42: A Monthly Review of Surgical Science and Practice, July-December, 1905 I. Introduction - Prior to the present case, ligature of the innominate artery had been performed successfully seven times, viz., three times in the United Kingdom, three times in the United States, and once in India. The writer's case, there fore, seems worthy of record, and a study Of the literature of the operation leads further to the conclusion that the process of collecting and commenting upon the accounts of previously recorded cases will also be instructive and will form an inter esting chapter of surgical history. This, therefore, has been carried out, and every effort has been made to render the col lection of cases complete, and to omit no essential points in their record. In spite Of its previous high mortality, the Opera tion is one which, under modern surgical conditions, the writer believes has a safe and useful future. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.