The hydropathic encyclopedia: a system of hydropathy and hygiene .. . HERNIAL B4ST0URY. wise, along the finger, and pushed on through the stricture. Its edgeFig. 205. is then turned up- ward,cutting no morethan necessary to ad-mit the finger, figurp205. The cut mustalways be made di-rectly upward, paral-lel to the linea alba,to avoid the epigas<cutting ihi stricture t™ artery. Altai. HERNIA, OR RUPTURES. 876 the stricture is thus relieved, the parts must be examined, and if firmadhesions have taken place, or fatty deposits accumulated largely, noattempt at reduction must be made, but the wo


The hydropathic encyclopedia: a system of hydropathy and hygiene .. . HERNIAL B4ST0URY. wise, along the finger, and pushed on through the stricture. Its edgeFig. 205. is then turned up- ward,cutting no morethan necessary to ad-mit the finger, figurp205. The cut mustalways be made di-rectly upward, paral-lel to the linea alba,to avoid the epigas<cutting ihi stricture t™ artery. Altai. HERNIA, OR RUPTURES. 876 the stricture is thus relieved, the parts must be examined, and if firmadhesions have taken place, or fatty deposits accumulated largely, noattempt at reduction must be made, but the wound allowed to mortification has taken place, the only chance is by an In femoral or crural hernia, the sac is usually very small, andembraces the bowel very tightly; hence it must be opened withcaution. Radical Cube of Hernia.—Beyond the taxis for reducing dis-placement, and the operation for relieving strangulation, little or nothinghas been done for this class of invalids in the way of regular surgery,while mechanical skill has generally been content to prevent furthermischief by the constant application of a truss. But it has been no-ticed that in recent cases the pressure of a truss has sometimes excitedadhesive inflammation in the parieties of the canal between the ab-dominal rings, or in the femoral sheath, and thus closed the passageagainst a


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