Abdominal hernia and its consequences : with the principles of its practical treatment / by Rushton Parker.
- Parker, Rushton, 1847-1932.
- Date:
- 1883
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Abdominal hernia and its consequences : with the principles of its practical treatment / by Rushton Parker. 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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![the operation the sac was inadvertently tied rather low in the inguinal canal instead of !it the internal ring, but it was hoped, on recollecting this shortly after, tha t subsequent precautions might suffice to prevent a return of the hernia. But all control of the lad utterly failed, as he got up and danced and turned somersaults in bed, as soon as ever he could do so without pain to himself, whenever the nurse's back was turned. Notwithstanding that, the absence of hernia and the apparently successful cure existed up to six or eight weeks after operation. He was seen on December i, i88l, however, with quite a moderate hernia, and was said by his mother to be an utterly wild and hopelessly unmanageable street-arab. Inguinal Heniia—Ligature of Neck of Sac—Perfect Cure. Patrick R., brother to the previous case, having a left inguinal hernia, was submitted to a similar operation on May 24, 1881. The incision in all these inguinal cases was made over the inguinal canal, rather than the scrotum, for easier access to the internal ring. On this occasion the ligature of catgut was tied high up, the sac below being stripped and removed. A similar but perfectly harmless course of the wound followed, and a totally successful result, without the faintest sign or threat of return, was maintained up to December 1, 1881, when he was last seen. Ingtnnal JJernia—Ligature of Neck of Sac—Perfect Cure. William Kelly, aged eight, submitted to operation on the right side, as in the latter case, for a scrotal hernia the size of a large hen's egg, on June 7, 1881. In the last two cases the boys were up and about considerably under a month, and no truss or mechanical precaution was attempted or appeared necessary, even on account of the cicatrix, after superficial healing was completed. He was last seen on December i, 1881, free from hernia and from all evidence of likely return. [Medicat, Times and Gazette, /une 3, iSSs.'] Strangulation of Old Inguinal Hernia-Symptoms totally Masked— Herniotomy—Radical Ctcre. George S., aged forty-seven, had had a lefti nguinalhernia for about ten years, always reducible, until April 16, 1882, when he thought he walked too far. However, he vomited his breakfast on his return at noon, and vomited or retched four other times the same day ; being visited by Dr](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22276129_0065.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
