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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glands, or for the under part of a lumbar ab~
cess, it becomes more necelsary to detail also
the symptoms of such cases.
The lymphatic glands of the groin are often
swollen in consequence of lues venerea, scro-
fula, and cancer.
Hernia may be distinguished from a vene-
real bubo by attending to the peculiar feel-
ing of the tumour, the progress of the tu-
mour towards suppuration, and the general
symptoms,
The bowels are not affected by a venereal
bubo, as by hernia; in the former, the tumour
is hard, often knotty ; cannot, by pressure, be
made to diiappear, or to become less; and is
generally ntuated in the uppermosi chiller os
inguinal lymphatic glands.
No t w it h st an din g these and other marks
os distinciion, lurgeons of the greater! emi-
nence have sometimes mi slak en hernia for a
venereal bubo, or a venereal bubo for a
hernia.
Sabatier