. Abdominal hernia : its diagnosis and treatment. Cross-body hard-nibber tniss with water pad. Applied to right femoral Iieniia. narrow, not too long, and deep enough to sink well into thefemoral space immediately beneath Pouparts ligament: havinga pressure backwards towards the thigh, and slightly pad shown in no. 4. well answers this purpose, in a thin]jerson, and has been much used on them by the autlior. , the patient is at all fat it is not sufficiently deep. MECHANICAL TREATMENT: FEMORAL. 323 A small-sized, but prominent, water pad (fig. 175) is verycomfortable in t
. Abdominal hernia : its diagnosis and treatment. Cross-body hard-nibber tniss with water pad. Applied to right femoral Iieniia. narrow, not too long, and deep enough to sink well into thefemoral space immediately beneath Pouparts ligament: havinga pressure backwards towards the thigh, and slightly pad shown in no. 4. well answers this purpose, in a thin]jerson, and has been much used on them by the autlior. , the patient is at all fat it is not sufficiently deep. MECHANICAL TREATMENT: FEMORAL. 323 A small-sized, but prominent, water pad (fig. 175) is verycomfortable in tbese cases, but should be used onlv on thosewho can be relied upon to report for inspection with regularity, Fig. hard-rubber truss with deep pad. for femoral hernia. owing to its perishable character. These pads are liable toflatten out in two or months wear and must be change of shape is particularly dangerous in femoralhernia, as the pressure then comes upon Pouparts ligament or 324 ABDOMINAL HERNIA. the spine of the pubes and is lield away from tlie hernialopening. Fig. 175 shows appHed, a form of truss known in the tradeas a hard-rubber cross-body spring, with water pad, and thecombination forms a most excellent truss for femoral small hard-rubl)er pad is usually preferred. This properly fitted, can he worn without the perineal strapalwa\s so objectionable. This is especially referred to as itis kept in stock by nearly all truss dealers and is thereforereadily within the reach of most practitioners. As found inthe market, it is designed and shaped for use in cases ofinguinal hernia, but the modifications necessary to transformit into a f
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