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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edge of the crural arch is not nearly so broad
next the pubis in the male as in the female ;
and hence the crural ring of the female is lar-
ger, and the bowels are more readily protru-
ded through it *.
On the other hand, women are less subjedl
to inguinal hernia than men, from the round
ligament of the uterus being of smailer size
than the spermatic chord, and also from a
greater portion of the posterior part of the
canal, through which the round ligament of
the uterus passes, being supported by the in-
ternal edge of the crural arch f.
Crural hernia appears, from the statement
of Arnaud, to be more frequent amongst mar-
ried than unmarried women. He informs
us, that of twenty women afflicted with crural
hernia, nineteen were married.
In cases of crural hernia, the tumour is less
moveable than in scrotal hernia, as it is im-
mediately
* Compare sig. ist of plate 3d with fig. 2d of plate 4th.
f Figure 2d of Dr Camper's 13th plate illustrates that part
of stru&ure in the female.