Aids to surgery / by George Brown.

  • Brown, George
Date:
1890
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Aids to surgery / by George Brown. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    inner side of the femoral vein. It then emerges through the saphenous opening, and, turning upwards abruptly, rests on the fascia lata, over Poupart's ligament, the long axis of the tumour being trans- verse and not vertical. The coverings commencing at the surface are— 1. Skin. 2. Superficial fascia. 3. Cribriform fascia. 4. Femoral sheath, or fascia propria. 5. Septum crurale. 6. Sub-serous cellular tissue. 7. Peritoneal sac. The seat of stricture in femoral hernia is most fre- quently at the upper part of the crural canal at the ring, and is generally caused by the sharp border of Gimbernat's ligament. The margin of the conjoined tendon may, in some cases, cause constriction, and in others, the stricture is due to Pou])art's ligament and a band of the deep crural arch. In other cases the stricture is found at the saphenous opening, and is caused by the falciform border. LII.—UMBILICAL HERNIA. This form of hernia, sometimes called caniiphalos or omphalucele, occurs at the umbilical aperture, and is very common in infants, although it is not at all rare in adults. The infantile form is usually very small, and is due to yielding of the cicatricial tissue after separation of the umbilical cord, consequent upon persistent crying, cough, or improper application of linen bands around the lower part of the body. In
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