. The anatomy and surgical treatment of hernia. ze; only a small portion of the left lung visible, extendingfrom the first to the second ribs, and lying directly in the median line. The left chestwas filled with the stomach, greatly distended with air. Consolidation of the leftlung was complete, a portion of it sinking in water. The diagnosis of the conditionhad evidently not been made prior to death. Two very interesting preparations of gunshot-wounds of the diaphragm exist inthe museum at Netley. In both instances, the stomach, colon, and omentum formedthe hernial protrusions. In one, death
. The anatomy and surgical treatment of hernia. ze; only a small portion of the left lung visible, extendingfrom the first to the second ribs, and lying directly in the median line. The left chestwas filled with the stomach, greatly distended with air. Consolidation of the leftlung was complete, a portion of it sinking in water. The diagnosis of the conditionhad evidently not been made prior to death. Two very interesting preparations of gunshot-wounds of the diaphragm exist inthe museum at Netley. In both instances, the stomach, colon, and omentum formedthe hernial protrusions. In one, death occurred a year after the wound, from strangu-lation induced suddenly after a full meal; in the other, the soldier continued at dutytwenty-two years after the wound, and then died from other causes.;^ All the cases * Cooper, Plate XIV, Part II. + Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion, Part II. Surgical Volume, p. 1S5. X In the Museum of the British Army Medical Department, preparations 1,153 and iji53 represent diaphragmatic. s «^
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