Efhe number and complexity of drugs which are capable of producing peripheral vasodilatation are inversely related to their value in the treatment of peripheral vascular disease. More precise knowledge of the disorders of function and of anatomy of the peripheral vascular system has emphasized the importance of reconstructive surgical treatment and outlined the deficiencies in medical methods o...

Until the cause of organic occlusive vascular diseases is definitely estab­ lished, and prophylactic measures taken to prevent them; until lipid metabolism can be controlled to pre­ vent atherosclerotic plaques from ad­ hering to the intima of arteries; until thrombosis and embolism can be pre­ vented and it will be routine to excise arterial segments and replace them with homografts or plastic...