Practical observations on herniae : illustrated with cases / By B. Wilmer.

  • Wilmer, Bradford.
Date:
1802
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Credit: Practical observations on herniae : illustrated with cases / By B. Wilmer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    refted to be continued and frequently changed during the enfuing night. Before the morning the contents of the hernia had fpontaneoufly receded into the abdomen. CASE XIV. February 4, 1777, the late Mr. Harr old, fur- geon, of this city, defired me to fee a patient with him who had a femoral hernia in a Irate of ftrangu- lation. He had been bled, and to the tumor warm fomentations had been applied. He had no paf- fage through the lnteftinal canal during three days, and vomited every thing he took. Cold water having been applied to the tumor during half an hour, the contents of the hernia were then eafily returned into the belly. CASE XV. A gentleman had for fome years been fubjefl: to a bubonocele, the defcents of which were always preceded by a retradlion of the tefticle on that fide into the groin. He perceived this one day when he v/as riding on horfeback, and finding the rup¬ ture was down, he made an immediate attempt to reduce it, by placing himfelf on his back, but without fuccefs. It became painful, and a ftrangu- f lation