The practice of surgery : embracing minor surgery and the application of dressings, etc., etc., etc. . push the knife, with its side lying on the finger, along it till it isintroduced into the neck of the sac or under the stricture. When. the edge is under this point, it should be turned directly upwards anda slight incision made; it rarely ever requires more than a slighttouch of the edge of the knife, against the tightened band whichstrangles the intestine, to suffice for its liberation. The strictureremoved, the intestine and omentum must be carefully returned tothe cavity of the abdomen, t
The practice of surgery : embracing minor surgery and the application of dressings, etc., etc., etc. . push the knife, with its side lying on the finger, along it till it isintroduced into the neck of the sac or under the stricture. When. the edge is under this point, it should be turned directly upwards anda slight incision made; it rarely ever requires more than a slighttouch of the edge of the knife, against the tightened band whichstrangles the intestine, to suffice for its liberation. The strictureremoved, the intestine and omentum must be carefully returned tothe cavity of the abdomen, the wound brought together by adhesivestraps, and cold or simple dressings applied during the cure. Abso-lute rest is demanded, and the administration of a laxative or mild 94 STRANGULATED HERNIA. enema must prevent constipation. After the part has healed, aproper truss must be applied. In the operation for direct inguinal hernia, the only differenceis in the number of tunics covering the hernial sac; this varietybeing deficient in the coating of the cremaster muscle. But anynumerical arrangement of tunics in these operations, mustalways lead to disappointment and perplexity, if they be expectedand looked for. In old hernia for ins
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