Irish journal of medical science . Fig. 3.—Right direct inguino-scrota] hernia, with the testes on the upper and frontpart of the tumor. TT.—The testicles. The drawing was made while the man wasin the horizontal Fig. I.— Hernia on the morning of the 17tli of January. By Mr. Richardson. 9 penis appeared buried in the tumour. Some of the hernial contentsbeing .-till reducible, it was considered that the Bymptoms dependedrather upon Intent, probably cacoplastic, inflammation of the herniaand the abdominal peritoneum, than upon strangulation. A grain of opium with a drop of creosote twi


Irish journal of medical science . Fig. 3.—Right direct inguino-scrota] hernia, with the testes on the upper and frontpart of the tumor. TT.—The testicles. The drawing was made while the man wasin the horizontal Fig. I.— Hernia on the morning of the 17tli of January. By Mr. Richardson. 9 penis appeared buried in the tumour. Some of the hernial contentsbeing .-till reducible, it was considered that the Bymptoms dependedrather upon Intent, probably cacoplastic, inflammation of the herniaand the abdominal peritoneum, than upon strangulation. A grain of opium with a drop of creosote twice daily; the con-stant application of bran poultices to the belly ; ice, to relieve thirst,and a turpentine enema. huh .January.—Mad a good night; pulse 96; constipation;hiccup more frequent, and occasional bilious vomiting; tonguenatural; pain and tenderness in the hypogastrium diminished;hernia larger, much more tense, and of anything more was neither (edematous nor tender to pressure. In the eveninghiccup and vomiting had ceased. The great amount of fluid in the herniary sac rendered it sotense and heavy that the patient felt greatly alarmed lest it shouldburst. Measured with the calipers, it


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