A memoir on strangulated hernia : from cases occurring in the London Hospital / by Nathaniel Ward.

  • Ward, Nathaniel, 1820-1866
Date:
1854
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Credit: A memoir on strangulated hernia : from cases occurring in the London Hospital / by Nathaniel Ward. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    \ which had been in relation with the mouth of the sac was t evidently part of that which had passed through the ring i in the mesentery. 4. A case of strangulation of the small intestine in an I old irreducible hernia, containing portions of the ascending :and transverse colon, occurring in a man, aged 52, in which the operation, without opening the sac, was per- I formed on the fourth day, and the recent protrusion re- (duced. Death, however, occurred from apoplexy on the : sixth day. Thus I have endeavoured to bring forward a general ' view of the important subject of hernia, as far as it can ' be illustrated without tedium, by the number of cases of ; strangulation I have had the opportunity, during the last ! three years and a quarter, of witnessing, gaining informa- • tion upon from others, or of personally conducting the I necessary surgical proceedings ; and I here tender my ' best acknowledgments to my colleagues, who have unre- : sei-vedly placed their Hospital experience during this : period at my disposal. I cannot, however, leave the sub- ject without making a few brief observations on those very important points concerning the treatment of stran- gulated hernia preliminary and subsequent to the opera- tion ; the appHcation of the taxis and the period of opera- tion, on the one hand, and the medical treatment after the operation, on the other. My own experience has led me to the strong convic- I tion that the taxis, when employed, should be used with ' the utmost caution ; and, after having been so used, and
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