A treatise on rupture : its causes, progress and danger, with and examination of the claims of the different methods before the public for its treatment : trusses, their inefficiency and the danger resulting from their persistent use, together with the best means of relief and cure : also a consideration of that most frequent and distressing form of displacement, known as "prolapsus uteri" : with an examination of the methods of support for its relief and cure : accompanied by a philosophic exposition of the means of preserving health and prolonging life, in men, women, and children, known as laws of hygiene / by W. Pryor.

  • Pryor, W.
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1876
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Credit: A treatise on rupture : its causes, progress and danger, with and examination of the claims of the different methods before the public for its treatment : trusses, their inefficiency and the danger resulting from their persistent use, together with the best means of relief and cure : also a consideration of that most frequent and distressing form of displacement, known as "prolapsus uteri" : with an examination of the methods of support for its relief and cure : accompanied by a philosophic exposition of the means of preserving health and prolonging life, in men, women, and children, known as laws of hygiene / by W. Pryor. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SYMPTOMS AND TREATMENT OF A STRANGULATED OR INCARCERATED HERNIA.—Means to be Tried Before an Operation. , Wlien the protruded parts cannot be immediately replaced, and there is pain, and the patient is prevented from going to stool, this is termed An Incarcerated Hernia, a Strangulated Hernia, or a Hernia with Stricture. This situation is very dangerous, demanding immediate assistance. A stricture on the prolaj)sed part of the gut, by the aperture or canal through which it passes, is the immediate cause of all the dangerous sypmtoms, and, of course, the release of the intes- tine from this stricture is the only thing that can give relief. The bowel must be returned back into the abdomen, or the joarts divided, which produce the stricture, and it is needless to add, the first is the most desirable when practicable. The various plans to accomplish this are as follows : 1. The Taxis.—By which we mean the operation of reduc- ing the Hernia with the hand. The body should be phiced on an inclined plane, with the thighs bent towards the trunk. This relaxes the fascia of the thigh, and the aperture through which the Hernia passes. If the Hernia be an Oblique Inguinal one the pressure made on the tumor must be directed upwards and outwards, along the course of the spermatic cord, and be continued from a quarter to half an hour. If Femoral, as it j)asses downwards and forwards, the pressure must be made, first backwards and then upwards. If Umbilical or Ventral it is to be made straight backward It must ever be remembered that no violence is to be used. This, besides being unavailing, aggravates the inflamed parts, and has sometimes ])urst the intestine.