. Abdominal hernia : its diagnosis and treatment. Boy 6;^ years old. Double congenital henna. lesticleon right. Both testiclesplaced in scrotum and herniae cured by operation. Fig. Double congenital hernia misUikeii .ind incised ior h\tli>cele by iamily physician. closed the wounds witli plaster. The child was quite sick fol-lowinsr this, but recovered. It was several weeks later that 94 ABDOMINAL HERNIA. I saw the case, but tlie scars were distinctly visible and theyshow faintly in the photograph. As the childs hernise werereducible, a truss (fig. 47) was applied and w^orn for


. Abdominal hernia : its diagnosis and treatment. Boy 6;^ years old. Double congenital henna. lesticleon right. Both testiclesplaced in scrotum and herniae cured by operation. Fig. Double congenital hernia misUikeii .ind incised ior h\tli>cele by iamily physician. closed the wounds witli plaster. The child was quite sick fol-lowinsr this, but recovered. It was several weeks later that 94 ABDOMINAL HERNIA. I saw the case, but tlie scars were distinctly visible and theyshow faintly in the photograph. As the childs hernise werereducible, a truss (fig. 47) was applied and w^orn for one year,at which time he was cured by operation. Fig. 48 shows thesame l)oy two years after the operation. The shape of a congenital liernia should ordinarily sug-gest its diagnosis, its size usually Ijeing very large in proportion Fig 47.


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