Essays in surgical anatomy and surgery / By John A. Wyeth.

  • Wyeth, John A. (John Allan), 1845-1922.
Date:
1879
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    the oUurator from the epigastric in 1 of 3 cases, this variety being more common in the female than in the onale.'^^ In the two following tables I have given the analysis of 58 dis- sections, made in order to contribute something of certainty to the anatom)^ of this artery. Thirteen subjects of each sex were chosen, and both sides noted as they were dissected. FEMALES. MALES. 6 0 ,Q 0 0) in R L R L R L R L R L R L R L R L R L R L R L R L R L ll 1i S ° .2-5 fcuS 'C ^ 1 i 1} I] 11 1 11 H 11 a- 5 s =0 Eemarks. 6 f 27 128 (29 130 ,31 \32 (33 |34 (35 (36 (37 (38 J 39 140 f41 142 (43 (44 J 45 146 f47 148 J 49 150 f51 \52 53 1=^ R L R L R L R L R L R L R L R L R L R L R L R L R L L ll -g o i i i 1 22 o .2-S ge al g s 1 '§1 1 ao p g £■ \} 1 1 4 Remarks. 1? I 8 f 9 )10 ll2 fl3 114 (15 tl6 fl7 118 (19 \20 (21 122 (23 124 f 25 I26 ] 1 L 1} w 1} I] 1 1 i 1 13^ In Nos. 7 and 8 the ob- turator arclied over the crural ring in such a manner, that, had femo-i rat hernia existed, the intestine might have been closely encircled by the artery. One origin (quite small) from posterior trunk ; one, larger, from deep epigastric; both united in obturator ca- nal, to form a single trunk. 1 The writer is iudebted to Dr. I. Minis Hays for valuable reference iu regard to this artery ; to Lawrence on Ruptures, one of the most valuable books on this subject published ; and to Dr. W. L. Wardwell for assistance in taking notes of the dissections. 2 The ^^— to the left indicates the dissections to have been made upon both sides of the same subject; that to the right, that the origin was the same on both sides of the same subject. Note.—In 8 other dissections in which the sex was not noted, this artery came from