The British Encyclopedia, or Dictionary of Arts and Sciences Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 5
The British Encyclopedia, or Dictionary of Arts and Sciences Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 5
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1809 Excerpt: ...groin, and passing downwards in front of the spermatic chord. The testicle may be felt below or behind the swelling, which always appears to extend into the ring, and is hence distinguished from most other affections of these parts. It ia much more frequent in the male than in the female subject. It must be ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1809 Excerpt: ...groin, and passing downwards in front of the spermatic chord. The testicle may be felt below or behind the swelling, which always appears to extend into the ring, and is hence distinguished from most other affections of these parts. It ia much more frequent in the male than in the female subject. It must be distinguished from hydrocele, varicocele, sarcocele, hernia hnmoralis, and bubo. In operating for bubonocele, the patient's thigh should be bent, and the hair shaved from the swelling and neighbouring part-. An incision should be carried through the integuments from an inch above the ring to the bottom of the tumour. The cellular substance intervening between the skia and hernial sac is then to be divided, layer by layer, with the knife and dissecting forceps; and the sac itself should then be opened with the edge of the knife held horizontally. A small portion of fluid is usually discharged at the aperture, which must be enlarged so as to expose the whole tumonr. The stricture, in whatever part it may be situated, must now be divided by the probepointed knife, conducted by the finger ur director, and carried directly upwards, so as to cut the middle of the upper part of the contracted portion. This incision, which is technically named the dilatation of the ring, should not be carried further than is absolutely necessary for returning the parts. If the protruded parts are sound, and not adherent to each other, nor to the sac, they may be immediately replaced, the limb being alway bent and rolled inwards in this part of the operation, to relax the opening as much as possible. Intestine, although very much discoloured, will recover when replaced in the cavity. If any adhesions exist, they must be destroyed by the knife, or linger if they arc not strong. Th...
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