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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the body of the same woman, in which the far-
ther course of this artery, and its situation in
respect to the herniary sac may be traced, the
portion of the abdominal muscles that covered
it, having been purposely removed.
The epigastric artery appears about half an
inch from the outer side of the neck of the
sac, then palling obliquely inwards and up-
wards to the reclus muscle of the abdomen.
From the preceding plate, it appears, that
the surgeon runs little risk of dividing this
artery, unless he makes his incision larger,
and more outwardly on the neck of the sac,
than is proper.
Plate 6th mows the epigastric artery more
upon the fore part of the tumour, and its re-
lative situation with respe6t to the round li-
gament of the uterus, a portion of the abdo-
minal muscles having been cut out for that
purpose.
Upon the whole, the particular situation of
this artery with regard to the hernial sac mull
depend upon the part of the external iliac
artery,