Anatomical description of the parts concerned in inguinal and femoral hernia / Jules Cloquet ; Translated from the French, with lithographic plates form the original etchings, and a few additional explanatory notes. By Andrew Melville McWhinnie.

  • Jules Germain Cloquet
Date:
1835
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Credit: Anatomical description of the parts concerned in inguinal and femoral hernia / Jules Cloquet ; Translated from the French, with lithographic plates form the original etchings, and a few additional explanatory notes. By Andrew Melville McWhinnie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ternal column — it is attached to the spine of the pubes, and there is an extension of it to the crista of the pubes, which will be hereafter described. Between these two apo- neurotic columns there is a triangular aperture ; the Ring of the external oblique or the Inguinal Ring. ^ * In the male, this aperture gives passage to the spermatic cord, and in the female to the round ligament of the uterus. Its base - is formed by the pubes, its sides by the co- lumns. Its summit,^ situated superiorly and externally, is the point where the fibres of the aponeurosis of the external oblique separate into the two fasciculi. The summit is rounded in consequence of superficial aponeurotic fibres taking a transverse direction, and uniting the two columns which they cross at an angle more or less acute. These transverse fibres arise from the lower part of the Crural Arch, where they are closely collected together ; from thence they proceed in a radiating manner obliquely upwards and inwards towards the linea alba ; a portion of them cross in front of the Inguinal Ring, which they narrow, and then become lost in the aponeurosis of the external oblique. In some individuals they are strongly developed, whilst in others they are very thin, or can scarcely be said to exist : many times I have been unable to discover them. In the female they are much weaker than in the male; they prevent the separation of the columns, and strengthen the lower part of the aponeurosis ; which, indeed, is of greater thickness in this situation than elsewhere. The great diameter of the inguinal ring is parallel to Poupart’s ligament ; so that the summit is towards the anterior superior spine of the ilium, whilst its base is ■ Ordinarily this aperture is triangular ; but its form and dimensions are subject to great variety both in its healthy and in its diseased state. ^ The internal angle of the inguinal ring. ^ The external angle of the inguinal ring. * It is also termed the External Abdominal Ring, or Inferior Opening of the Inguinal Canal. —Translator.
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