Monro, Alexander: Observations On Crural Hernia: To Which Is Prefixed, A General Account Of The Other Varieties Of Hernia: Illustrated By Engravings (Edinburgh [u.a.], 1803)

states the average as i to 15. " Few men (he
" observes) have taken more pains to ascertain
i{ this peculiar point than myself; and, after the
" mo st diligent and general inquiries through-
<c out the kingdom, I am induced to take them,
" male and female, and of all ages, upon an
" average of 1 to 15." This proportion maybe
thought by some too high; but we find the truth
of it supported by the concurring testimonies of
foreign authors *.
As no fall and accurate treatise has, as far as
I know, been professedly written on crural her-
nia, I have directed my attention chiessy to that
species of the disorder.
On account of the intimate relation which
subsists between a minute knowledge of ana-
tomy, and the pathological history cf crural her-
nia, an anatomical description of the parts con-
cerned in this disease, in both sexes, seems to be
a necesiary introduction to the subsequent his-
a ij tory

Gimbernat and Arnaud,