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)

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tory of the complaint, as it will tend to point
out not only the iituation of the tumour, the
effects of the protrusion on the crural arch, and
the cause of the greater frequency of this com-
plaint in the female, but also suggests the sa fell
and suresl method of removing the disease by
pressure, or by a chirurgical operation, and also
the means of preventing a return of it.
I was naturally led to this inquiry, from some
opportunities, that have occurred to me, of ex-
amining the nature of this complaint in the re-
cent subjedt, and from having the advantage of
several preparations in my father's museum,
illustrative of this kind of hernia : and also
from my being able to subjoin some accurate
drawings made, at my request, by that able
draughtsman and anatomist, Mr Fyfe.
But, before entering upon the immediate ob-
ject of my inquiry, it may not be improper to
premile a short account of hernia in general;
as, by comparing the various forms of this dis-
ease, the peculiarities of crural hernia will be
more obvious,
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