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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lisen *, and Mr Hey f, from whose works I
have made'extra<fts.
In the tranlactions already quoted, Mr Cal-
lisen has given the hislories of two such cases
(both patients were females, and considerably
advanced in life :) in one of which, the dis-
ease was removed by a chirurgical operation;
in the other, the patient died after an opera-
tion had been persormed. After enumerating
the previous symptoms of the disease, he gives
the following account of the Situation of the
hernial tumour.
One of these tumours was Situated " supra
ligamentum Fallopii, vero musculi obliqui
aponeurohs in tumorem ovi columbini mag-
nitudinem aequantem extensa erat, qua una
cum peritoneo caute incisa inteslinum inflam-
matum ex atro rubescens apparuit."
The patient died after the operation ; and.
upon inspecfing the body after death, he
sound
* Vid. A£L Soc. Med. Havniens. vol. ii- page 321.
f Vid. Pra&ical Observations in Surgery.