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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F I G. II.
Hepresents a fore view of a portion of the ileum con-
tained -within a herniary sac of a crural hernia.
The sac A adhered to the neighbouring fat; and therefore
appears uneven on its surface, and much thicker in some
places than in others.
The neck of the sac was narrower than any other por-
tion of it. The engraving represents the sac after it was
opened ; in consequence of which, the opposite sides of it
have receded to a considerable distance from each other.
The protruded portion of intestine was sixed to the bot-
tom of the herniary sac AA, by means of a layer of coa-
gulable lymph F.
The protruded portion of intestine had dragged down
along with it a portion of the mesentery B.
The cavity of the protruded portion of inteftine was
nearly silled by coagulable lymph^ except at that part of
it represented by the letter
At the letter E, there was so complete an obftruclion,
that not even a small probe could be pasfed srom the up-
per to the under part of the strangulated intestine.
i% a layer os coagulable lymph uniting the protruded
portion os bowel to the herniary sac.
GG point out the appearance of the intestine on each
iide os the protruded portion os intestine.